engagement
Từ điển Collocation
engagement noun
1 appointment
ADJ. previous, prior Mrs Spratt regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement. | important | business, official, public, social | dinner, lunch
VERB + ENGAGEMENT have | keep It is important that I keep this engagement. | carry out (formal) The prime minister will carry out no official public engagements during the month of August. | cancel, fail to keep The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements.
ENGAGEMENT + NOUN diary
PREP. ~ with He had an important engagement with his financial adviser.
2 agreement to get married
ADJ. long | broken
VERB + ENGAGEMENT announce | break (off)
ENGAGEMENT + NOUN ring
PREP. ~ to He announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; battle, conflict, fight
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- a meeting arranged in advance; date, appointment
she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
- a mutual promise to marry; betrothal, troth
- the act of giving someone a job; employment
- employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; booking
the play had bookings throughout the summer
- contact by fitting together; mesh, meshing, interlocking
the engagement of the clutch
the meshing of gears
- the act of sharing in the activities of a group; participation, involvement, involution
the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
engagements
ant.: disengagement