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
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North Korea last sent athletes to the South in December 2018 for a table tennis event, part of a brief period of diplomatic engagement that included the participation of North Korean athletes and a high-level delegation at that year’s Winter Olympics in the South.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
And for all the soaring rhetoric about openness and engagement, both countries increasingly consider a growing share of economic activity to be a matter of national security.
—Neil Shearing, Time, 20 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
North Korea last sent athletes to the South in December 2018 for a table tennis event, part of a brief period of diplomatic engagement that included the participation of North Korean athletes and a high-level delegation at that year’s Winter Olympics in the South.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
And for all the soaring rhetoric about openness and engagement, both countries increasingly consider a growing share of economic activity to be a matter of national security.
—Neil Shearing, Time, 20 May 2026
Staying in the loop empowers you to make informed decisions regarding outdoor engagements during air quality alerts.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
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 21 May. 2026.
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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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