engaged en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/
- /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
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(not-comparable) Busy or employed.
Dig if you will the picture / Of you and I engaged in a kiss / The sweat of your body covers me / Can you my darling / Can you picture this?
1984, “When Doves Cry”, in Purple Rain, performed by Prince:
- (not-comparable) Greatly interested.
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(UK, not-comparable) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
- (not-comparable, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (not-comparable, of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- (not-comparable) being attacked or attacking
- (not-comparable, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
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(not-comparable) Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
Black and white women writers assumed their mantle as engaged writers, as cultural and political critics.
2002, Maria Lauret, Liberating Literature, page 81:
Deriveds
engaged tone · engaged column · otherwise engaged · semiengaged · engagedly · nonengaged · unengaged · engagedness · engaged time · underengaged
Relateds
Synonyms
betrothed · busy · affianced · engagé
Translations (69)
es comunicado (already involved in a telephone call) · ca comunicant (already involved in a telephone call) · ar مَخْطُوب (agreed to be married) · ru за́нятый (already involved in a telephone call) · da optaget (already involved in a telephone call) · cs zasnoubená (agreed to be married) · ja 婚約している (agreed to be married) · es prometido (agreed to be married) · fr fiancée (agreed to be married) · it impegnata (agreed to be married) · pl narzeczony (agreed to be married) · fi kihloihin (agreed to be married) · ru помо́лвленный (agreed to be married) · hu el van jegyezve (agreed to be married) · hu eljegyzett (agreed to be married) · eo fianĉiĝita (agreed to be married) · es ocupado (already involved in a telephone call) · mi hapui (agreed to be married) · ja 使用中 (already involved in a telephone call) · de verlobt (agreed to be married) · fi varattu (already involved in a telephone call) · ar مَخْطُوبَة (agreed to be married) · cs zasnoubený (agreed to be married) · fr fiancé (agreed to be married) · nl verloofd (agreed to be married) · ru обручённый (agreed to be married) · it impegnato (agreed to be married) · ast promesu (agreed to be married) · sv upptagen (already involved in a telephone call) · cmn 使用中的 (already involved in a telephone call) · nb forlove seg (agreed to be married) · pt noivo (agreed to be married) · he מאורס (agreed to be married) · nl in gesprek (already involved in a telephone call) · bg сгоден (agreed to be married) · hu jegyes (agreed to be married) · hi मँगनी (agreed to be married) · tr sözlü (agreed to be married) · hi सगाई (agreed to be married) · fr engagé (already involved in a telephone call) · nb forlovet (agreed to be married) · es muy interesado (greatly interested) · ga geallta (agreed to be married) · sk zasnúbený (agreed to be married) · sk zasnúbená (agreed to be married) · ru обручённая (agreed to be married) · nl bezet (already involved in a telephone call) · ga gafa (already involved in a telephone call) · fi kihloissa (agreed to be married) · es desposado (agreed to be married) · es comprometido (agreed to be married) · hy նշանված (agreed to be married) · yi פֿאַרקנסט (agreed to be married) · sv förlovad (agreed to be married) · pl narzeczona (agreed to be married) · ast noviu (agreed to be married) · ro logodit (agreed to be married) · cmn 訂婚了 /订婚了 (agreed to be married) · da forlovet (agreed to be married) · ca promès (agreed to be married) · it fidanzata (agreed to be married) · ast promesa (agreed to be married) · tr nişanlı (agreed to be married) · it fidanzato (agreed to be married) · bg зает (already involved in a telephone call) · hu foglalt (already involved in a telephone call) · pt ocupado (already involved in a telephone call) · ru помо́лвленная (agreed to be married) · de besetzt (already involved in a telephone call)