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engagement
en‧gage‧ment/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/ noun 1. BEFORE MARRIAGE [COUNTABLE]an agreement between two people to marry, or the period of time they are engaged engagement of/to ▪ Their engagement was announced in the paper. ▪ Tony was stunned when Lisa suddenly broke off their engagement (=finished it). engagement ring (=a ring that a man gives a woman to show that they are engaged)
2. ARRANGEMENT TO DO SOMETHING [COUNTABLE]an official arrangement to do something, especially one that is related to your work official/public/royal etc engagement ▪ The princess will continue to carry out royal engagements. ▪ This is his only public speaking engagement on the tour. ▪ His excuse of a prior engagement was accepted.
3. INVOLVEMENT [UNCOUNTABLE]when you become involved with someone or something in order to understand them engagement with/in ▪ a strategy of engagement and cooperation with China ▪ Many students pass without any real engagement in learning.
4. FIGHTING [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] technical fighting between armies etc: ▪ military rules of engagement
5. EMPLOYMENT [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] formal an official arrangement to employ or pay someone to do a particular job: ▪ Please sign to indicate your acceptance of the terms of engagement.
6. MACHINE PARTS [UNCOUNTABLE]the fitting together of the working parts of a machine • • • COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1) verbs ▪announce your engagement (=tell people about it) ▪ The couple are expected to announce their engagement today. ▪break off your engagement (=suddenly end it) ▪ Were you surprised when Toni broke off your engagement? adjectives ▪long (=a long period between getting engaged and getting married) ▪ Neither of them wanted a long engagement. ▪short ▪ They were married last month after a short engagement. engagement + NOUN ▪engagement ring ▪ Jerry bought her a beautiful sapphire engagement ring. • • • COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2) verbs ▪have an engagement ▪ I don't have any engagements tomorrow. ▪carry out an engagement ▪ Last year, the princess carried out over 300 official engagements. ▪cancel an engagement ▪ He instructed his secretary to cancel all his engagements. adjectives ▪an official engagement ▪ This is the Prime Minister's first official engagement since the elections. ▪a public engagement ▪ She appeared with her husband at many public engagements. ▪an important engagement ▪ He had an important engagement with his solicitor. ▪a previous/prior engagement (=one that is already arranged) ▪ I'm sorry I can't be there, but I have a previous engagement. ▪a speaking engagement (=one in which you give a speech) ▪ I've been turning down speaking engagements to concentrate on writing my memoirs.
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a prior engagementformal (= an event that you have already promised to attend) ▪ The Prime Minister was unable to attend owing to a prior engagement. an engagement ring ▪ I noticed that she had an engagement ring on her finger. an official visit/engagement etc (=one that relates to an important job or position) ▪ The Prime Minister was on an official visit to China. break (off) your engagement ▪ In the end she decided to break their engagement. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE active ▪ The struggle against disabling barriers, however, is an active and creative engagement. ▪ But our fundamental mode of being is one of active engagement in the world. ▪ The active engagement of the learner in this process has been studied extensively under the title perception. ▪ Its objective goes beyond the dissemination of knowledge in recommending an active and intimate engagement within popular subjectivities and forms of signification. ▪ This was understandable since the Fellowship cultivated a quietist spirit remote from active engagement in politics. ▪ The more text-based work requires active learning and engagement with the language of science. ▪ Old Age Active engagement may give way to the skills of contemplation and reflection. broken ▪ She had told him about her broken engagement and how deeply hurt and wary she had felt after it. ▪ And why had he been so angry and contemptuous, so scathing about her broken engagement? ▪ For the first time in weeks the thought of her broken engagement hadn't been lurking to ambush her. civic ▪ His work on social capital and civic engagement has been heavily drawn upon by Francis Fukuyama and others. ▪ Being a first-class citizen is about that kind of civic engagement. ▪ First, the postwar boom in college enrollments raised levels of civic engagement, offsetting the generational trends. ▪ Evidence for the decline of social capital and civic engagement comes from a number of independent sources. ▪ Indeed, the overall declines in civic engagement are somewhat greater among housewives than among employed women. ▪ Even more striking is the evidence that among workers, longer hours are linked to more civic engagement. ▪ So hard work does not prevent civic engagement. constructive ▪ Premier's policy of constructive engagement incorporates a strong community development element. ▪ The softly-softly diplomacy of constructive engagement has no effect on President Mugabe. ▪ Also the regime wants to offer something to Asean and justify constructive engagement by accepting a mediator from an Asean member country. official ▪ The royal couple are rarely seen together outside official engagements. political ▪ A good deal of straight forward social activity is almost always associated with the actual political engagement. ▪ He talked about the civil rights movement, the need for political engagement, careful analysis, honest leadership. ▪ He harbored strong opinions and could be brash in expressing them, but avoided political engagement that had no purpose. prior ▪ Mr Kissinger refused to appear in court, saying he had a prior engagement. ▪ The minister kept him waiting two hours, then two days, then remembered a pressing prior engagement. ▪ This too must be shown ... That evening she turned down a prior supper engagement, pleading a headache. public ▪ On a rare public engagement the Duchess today met some familiar faces and launched another two of their projects. ▪ In fact, though, various developments are expanding the range of public engagement. ▪ In 1869 he presided over its annual general meeting, his last public engagement before he died, a week later. ▪ Twice last week she appeared at stage-managed public engagements with her husband, smiling and gazing at him. ▪ The Princess broke down in tears during her first public engagement after Mr Morton's book went on sale. social ▪ Perhaps he'd simply cancelled whatever social engagements he had when he'd realised that his brother needed sorting out? ▪ Such theories lead logically to leaving older people alone rather than attempting to improve the quality of their lives through continued social engagement. NOUN letter ▪ An example engagement letter is set out in Section 1101.1. ▪ Compliance unit in London office maintains a central register of all corporate finance engagement letters obtained by the firm. ▪ Due to the onerous nature of this work it is important that any engagement letter fully indemnifies the Firm. ▪ A pre-issuance review of the engagement letter may be desirable where this is included. ▪ Professional legal advice should be sought by the Firm before issuing such an engagement letter. ▪ The engagement letter will need to be tailored to each disposal assignment. ▪ The engagement letter need only be issued after, not before, an initial meeting where potential services are outlined. party ▪ That is why the bridegroom's family hosts the engagement party. ▪ Dear Ursula: I was invited to an engagement party for a couple I barely know. ▪ Four men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man at his engagement party. ▪ We're going to have an engagement party. ▪ Though I missed the engagement party of my young Sheikh, I attended another a few years later. ring ▪ She had hoped his ideas lay in another direction, like an engagement ring. ▪ The glitter of the rhinestones was answered by the glitter of the diamond in her engagement ring. ▪ It included a huge shot of her Cartier diamond and white-gold engagement ring. ▪ She is sometimes seen by his side but wears no engagement ring. ▪ She was Tim's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved. ▪ A full guarantee comes with every Beaverbrooks purchase and a year's free insurance policy with your engagement ring. ▪ He is the heavenly Lover's engagement ring given to us. VERB accept ▪ Of particular relevance in determining whether to accept an acquisition engagement are: Engagement risk. announce ▪ They announced the engagement in November 1941. ▪ After the initial excitement of announcing the engagement and setting a date, planning the event begins. ▪ A couple may begin living together or formally announce their engagement. ▪ If only he would announce his engagement! ▪ Then Shanti and Chris announced their engagement. ▪ Andrew Kean and Donna Denson announced their engagement in February. ▪ Just four weeks after Charles's ship left Portsmouth, Camilla and Andrew announced their engagement. break ▪ But she broke off the engagement when he went home to do military service. ▪ Buckling under the pressure, I broke off the engagement and did not return to the United States that fall. ▪ Eileen breaks off her engagement, but Alan then resumes his relationship with the younger Beth, played by Julia Foster. ▪ Fifteen years after the broken engagement, her attraction to Eddie was muddled neither by youth nor by the threat of matrimony. ▪ In a fit of jealousy, Koons broke off their engagement. ▪ They returned fire before breaking off the engagement. ▪ But, without warning, she broke off her engagement. ▪ Margarett Sargent had broken a year-long engagement, and nothing she had done since had retrieved her reputation. cancel ▪ Perhaps he'd simply cancelled whatever social engagements he had when he'd realised that his brother needed sorting out? ▪ He had been prepared to cancel an engagement at London's Victoria and Albert Museum if a satisfactory outcome was reached. ▪ Midge, who had cancelled none of her engagements, asked Patrick if he would accompany her in Stevie's place. ▪ Now the 60-year-old film star has cancelled all her engagements until the end of the year. ▪ But the prince was still in pain today and was forced to cancel the engagement. carry ▪ Down through the garden came servants and foster daughters carrying the cases of engagement presents and the engagement jewels. ▪ Last year Anne carried out 736 engagements compared to Andy's 128. speak ▪ During the last years of his life Carlile undertook a series of speaking engagements in the Midlands and North. ▪ Spindler was at MacWorld, said a spokeswoman, but had no speaking engagements. ▪ Next to the speaking engagement, the nearest legal equivalent to the straight cash bribe is the campaign contribution. ▪ Nor did they mind the fact that she was constantly picking up and leaving for short periods to fulfill speaking engagements elsewhere. ▪ He has rejected invitations to appear on national talk shows and has limited his out-of-state speaking engagements. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Anita broke off her engagement when she found out that Paulo had been seeing another woman. ▪ Glennis and John announced their engagement yesterday. ▪ Has he bought you an engagement ring yet? ▪ They've officially announced their engagement. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A full diary of engagements has been booked for the months ahead. ▪ It included a huge shot of her Cartier diamond and white-gold engagement ring. ▪ Mah Rana will design your wedding or engagement rings especially for you from around £95. ▪ The engagements used to go to the artists who brought them back the best presents from their tours abroad. ▪ This engagement is yet another example of how well schools can work. ▪ Woolworth's engagement rings, each a lump of glass as big as the Ritz.
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