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adjective

in-ˈgājd How to pronounce engaged (audio)
Definition of engagednext
1
as in committed
pledged in marriage the engaged couple make a charming pair

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2
as in employed
involved in often constant activity I'm engaged right now, so call back some other time

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engaged

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verb

past tense of engage
1
as in interested
to hold the attention of the challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening

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2
as in faced
to enter into contest or conflict with the daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy

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3
as in pledged
to obligate by prior agreement we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital

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4
as in hired
to provide with a paying job the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate

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5
as in rented
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom

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Recent Examples of engaged
Adjective
Their Twitch streams, offering an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at the event, have cultivated a massive, engaged audience. — Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The couple survived a brief breakup and would become engaged in 2013, having their daughter Kaya a little over a year later. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
Auriga can, for example, alter launch velocity depending on the mass of the projectile, the required range and the type of target being engaged. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 Directed by Peter Chelsom and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, 2001’s Serendipity centers on a couple of strangers who fall for each other one Christmas night in New York, despite being engaged to other people. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for engaged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engaged
  1. committed
  2. diligent
  3. interested
  4. faced
  5. employed
  6. hired
  7. busy
  8. occupied
Adjective
  • Agility has more than $300 million in committed multi-year orders for its next-generation Digit v5 humanoid robot.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Football clubs have to determine when to replace players — even when the incumbent is popular, committed and useful.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of committed
Adjective
  • More recently, diligent and passionate biologists, chemists, and experts from other disciplines have used technology for contemporary experiments that reveal a spectrum of plant consciousness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Dark circles happen, acne pops up, and dark spots can even appear despite diligent sunscreen use.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of diligent
Verb
  • But what really interested us with this movie was trying to understand the humanity and searching for and exploring the love and the loyalty to characters to have a dialogue with an audience and not do it for the sake of ego or shock.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Camerlenghi says Gradara Castle has interested him since his childhood.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Definition of interested
Verb
  • Lionel Messi returned to Subaru Park Wednesday night, drawing fans from across the region as Inter Miami CF faced the Philadelphia Union.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • According to some reports, travelers have faced long lines and even missed connecting flights as airports deal with growing pains during the transition to biometric kiosks.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of faced
Verb
  • According to the filing, Netflix employed an average of 342 staff in the UK in 2025, up from 263 the year before.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Harte is no longer employed by the Naugatuck Board of Education, police said.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hired
Adjective
  • Perhaps a Sunday evening after peak usage time, before a busy week ahead.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The incident comes as Colorado experiences a sharp increase in bear activity fueled by poor natural food conditions, prompting officials to urge people to take extra precautions during the busy late-summer season.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of busy
Verb
  • The Israeli military seized a 400 square kilometer buffer zone inside Syria after the 2024 collapse of the Assad regime and has occupied it since.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more.
    — Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Engaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engaged. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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