noun
- the act of engaging or the state of being engaged.
- an appointment or arrangement: a business engagement.
- betrothal: They announced their engagement.
- a pledge; an obligation or agreement: All his time seems to be taken up with social engagements.
- employment, or a period or post of employment, especially in the performing arts: Her engagement at the nightclub will last five weeks.
- an encounter, conflict, or battle: We have had two very costly engagements with the enemy this week alone.
- Mechanics. the act or state of interlocking.
- engagements, Commerce. financial obligations.
noun
- a pledge of marriage; betrothal
- an appointment or arrangement, esp for business or social purposes
- the act of engaging or condition of being engaged
- a promise, obligation, or other condition that binds
- a period of employment, esp a limited period
- an action; battle
- (plural) financial obligations
c.1600, “formal promise,” from engage + -ment. Meaning “battle, fight” is from 1660s; promise-of-marriage sense is from 1742; meaning “appointment” is from 1806.
n.
- The entrance of the fetal head or presenting part into the upper opening of the maternal pelvis.