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engage

English

  1. 🔊 get caught
    “make sure the gear is engaged”
  2. 🔊 keep engaged
    “engaged the gears”
  3. 🔊 hire for work or assistance
    “engage aid, help, services, or support”
  4. 🔊 carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
    “Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe”
  5. 🔊 ask to represent
    “I'm retaining a lawyer”
  6. 🔊 give to in marriage
  7. 🔊 carry out or participate in an activity
    “She pursued many activities”
  8. 🔊 engage or hire for work
    “They hired two new secretaries in the department”
  9. 🔊 consume all of one's attention or time
    “Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely”
  10. 🔊 engage for service under a term of contract
    “We took an apartment on a quiet street”

Similar words

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