Associations to the word «Engaged»

Wiktionary

ENGAGED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of engage
ENGAGED, adjective. Agreed to be married.
ENGAGED, adjective. Busy or employed.
ENGAGED, adjective. (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
ENGAGED, adjective. (architecture) (of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
ENGAGED, adjective. (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
ENGAGED, adjective. (military) being attacked or attacking
ENGAGED COLUMN, noun. (architecture) A column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall
ENGAGED TONE, noun. (British) (telephony) An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; a busy signal

Dictionary definition

ENGAGED, adjective. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation".
ENGAGED, adjective. Involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight".
ENGAGED, adjective. Reserved in advance.
ENGAGED, adjective. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal".
ENGAGED, adjective. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors".
ENGAGED, adjective. Having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick".
ENGAGED, adjective. Built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns".

Wise words

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