engage: Bedeutung und Definitionen

To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.

To arrange for the use of; reserve: engage a room. See Synonyms at book.

To pledge or promise, especially to marry.

To attract and hold the attention of; engross: a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.

To win over or attract: His smile engages everyone he meets.

To draw into; involve: engage a shy person in conversation.

To require the use of; occupy: Studying engages most of my time.

To enter or bring into conflict with: We have engaged the enemy.

To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh: engage the automobile's clutch.

To give or take as security.

To involve oneself or become occupied; participate: engage in conversation.

To assume an obligation; agree.

To enter into conflict or battle: The armies engaged at dawn.

To become meshed or interlocked: The gears engaged.