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engage in en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To start performing (an activity).
   • We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

begin · start

Translations (20)

ga téigh i mbun (to enter into an activity) · es activarse (to enter into an activity) · es participar en (to enter into an activity) · pl zaangażować się (to enter into an activity) · es involucrarse en (to enter into an activity) · es iniciar (to enter into an activity) · es entablar (to enter into an activity) · hu belefog (to enter into an activity) · es dedicarse a (to enter into an activity) · sh angažirati se (to enter into an activity) · es prestarse (to enter into an activity) · it aderire (to enter into an activity) · it attivare (to enter into an activity) · es activar (to enter into an activity) · es acometer (to enter into an activity) · es emprender (to enter into an activity) · pl angażować się (to enter into an activity) · fi ryhtyä (to enter into an activity) · it partecipare (to enter into an activity) · es estar involucrado en (to enter into an activity)