engagement
noun/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
Слово англійською: engagement
Переклад engagement українською: зару́чини, зобов'я́зання, обо́в'язок (трудови́й і т. д.), ангажеме́нт, діло, запрошення
Детальний опис
- [countable] an agreement to marry somebody; the period during which two people are engaged
- Their engagement was announced in the local paper.
- engagement (to somebody) She has broken off her engagement to Charles.
- an engagement party
- a long/short engagement
- He announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend.
- [countable] an arrangement to do something at a particular time, especially something official or something connected with your job
- an engagement book/diary
- He has a number of social engagements next week.
- It was her first official engagement.
- I had to refuse because of a prior engagement.
- [uncountable] (formal) being involved with somebody/something in an attempt to understand them/it
- engagement (with somebody/something) Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.
- engagement (in something) the lack of engagement in politics
- [countable, uncountable] (specialist) fighting between two armies, etc.
- The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy.
- [uncountable, countable] (British English) an arrangement to employ somebody; the process of employing somebody
- The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing.
before marriage
arrangement to do something
being involved
fighting
employment
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘a legal or moral obligation’): French, from engager ‘to pledge’.