engagement
noun
en·gage·ment
in-ˈgāj-mənt 
en-
1
a
: an arrangement to meet or be present at a specified time and place
a dinner engagement
b
: a job or period of employment especially as a performer
3
4
: the state of being in gear
5
: a hostile encounter between military forces
Examples of engagement in a Sentence
The couple recently announced their engagement.
She surprised everyone by breaking off her yearlong engagement.
We have a dinner engagement this weekend.
She's been offered several speaking engagements.
his lifelong engagement with politics
a lack of emotional engagement
Recent Examples on the Web
Wise, with The Star since 2021, has most recently served as the assistant managing editor for engagement and experimentation.
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The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Given the importance of culture to employee engagement, this created a challenge for the firm, which features on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe list 2025.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Evidence shows that Housing First – an approach that prioritizes housing as a critical foundation for engagement in health care services – results in high rates of housing stability and brings down high-cost health care utilization.
—Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
That engagement with the sport – that sticky thing that separates casual viewers from lifelong fans — is buoyed and sustained online in the days between races.
—Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Given the importance of culture to employee engagement, this created a challenge for the firm, which features on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe list 2025.
—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Evidence shows that Housing First – an approach that prioritizes housing as a critical foundation for engagement in health care services – results in high rates of housing stability and brings down high-cost health care utilization.
—Sarah Stella, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
That engagement with the sport – that sticky thing that separates casual viewers from lifelong fans — is buoyed and sustained online in the days between races.
—Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for engagement
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“Engagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engagement. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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engagement
noun
en·gage·ment
in-ˈgāj-mənt
1
a
: a promise to be present at a specified place and time
b
: employment especially for a stated time
the band had engagements in different towns
3
a
: the act of engaging : the state of being engaged
b
: an agreement to marry
also
: the period during which one is pledged to be married
4
: the state of being meshed into a working arrangement in which one part drives another
5
: the state of being in conflict, opposition, or battle
Medical Definition
engagement
noun
en·gage·ment
in-ˈgāj-mənt
: the phase of childbirth in which the fetal head passes into the cavity of the true pelvis
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