Entry Word: engagement

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the act or state of being engaged to be married <the fun couple recently announced their engagement>

Synonyms betrothal, espousal, troth

Antonyms disengagement

2 an agreement to be present at a specified time and place <a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar>

Synonyms appointment, date, rendezvous, tryst

Related Words arrangement; invitation; interview; get-together, meeting; call, visit; schedule

3 the state of being provided with a paying job <his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience> — see hire 1