1
as in betrothal
the act or state of being engaged to be married
the fun couple recently announced their engagement
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2
as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar
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as in employment
the state of being provided with a paying job
his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience
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Recent Examples of engagement
Stranger Things: The First Shadow began stalking Broadway last week, selling out the first two previews of its engagement at the Marquis, grossing $433,725 for the pair of performances.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The art of storytelling is all about structure, character development and emotional engagement.
—Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Lathrop’s successful publicity drives and local engagement built a groundswell of support for her agency’s work.
— Made By History, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
That’s on top of engagement that has been through the roof.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The art of storytelling is all about structure, character development and emotional engagement.
—Nancy Pulciano, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Lathrop’s successful publicity drives and local engagement built a groundswell of support for her agency’s work.
— Made By History, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
That’s on top of engagement that has been through the roof.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engagement
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Here, a look back at more than 150 years of royal betrothals, and the stones used to mark them.—
Hayley Maitland,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their crowded compartment is occupied by another newly married couple, strangers Pradeep Singh (Bhaskar Jha) and Jaya Tripathi (Pratibha Ranta), whose betrothal is more reluctant.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 Dec. 2024
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The brothers were leaving the house in the early morning for Pacheco’s dialysis appointment when plainclothes immigration agents arrived and detained González last month.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Verywell Health: Is any prep required for a person coming in for an appointment for wet AMD (an advanced form of AMD) symptoms?—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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The move comes as the production of commercials, long a crucial source of employment for industry workers, is lagging in L.A. compared with recent years.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Apr. 2025
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More than that, though, Quinn warns that massive tariffs would tamp down overall consumer spending, which would have knock-on effects for game industry revenues, employment, and research and development investment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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This motif may have aggravated audiences’ impatience with the story, the most polarizing of the show’s to date.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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His fortunes seemingly reverse when he’s brought into the employ of Mr. Tobler, an inventor whose no-nonsense protocol sets in motion this riveting character drama from Wilhelm and Anka Sasnal, adapted from a 1908 Robert Walser novel.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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Lowe’s employs about 300,000 people, mostly hourly.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2025
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China has undertaken similar rendezvous and proximity operations to those referenced by Guetlein in the past, but this incident appears to have involved more satellites than others, Victoria Samson, SWF’s chief director of space security and stability, told CNN.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The point of their rendezvous is for Frank to bring Rick a duffel bag with … something in there, but Rick asks his buddy to keep the next night open, too, just in case.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Engagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engagement. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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