adjective#7,996 by frequency
engaged
/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/
Having agreed to marry a particular person or each other; Busy or employed; Greatly interested; Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
Meanings
- 1
Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other
I am engaged to her.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
He is engaged to my younger sister.
Tatoeba · sacredceltic · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Busy or employed
- 3
Greatly interested
- 4
(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
- 5
attached to a wall or sunk into it halfwayrare
- 6
in contact and in operationrare
- 7
being attacked or attackingrare
- 8
Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inletrare
- 9
Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”)rare