engagement

noun

in-ˈgāj-mənt How to pronounce engagement (audio)
Definition of engagementnext
1
as in betrothal
the act or state of being engaged to be married the fun couple recently announced their engagement

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

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3
as in employment
the state of being provided with a paying job his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience

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Recent Examples of engagement In September 2025, Brooks confirmed she and Hemsworth were engaged with a sweet Instagram post, which featured her engagement ring. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 Staying in the loop empowers you to make informed decisions regarding outdoor engagements during air quality alerts. — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 4 July 2026 But the Swift-Kelce engagement—and the subsequent planning for the Swift-Kelce wedding—immediately took on a larger significance. — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 After Taylor Swift’s engagement to Travis Kelce in 2025, rumors about Swift’s wedding began circulating online. — Bella Decrescenzo, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for engagement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engagement
  1. betrothal
  2. appointment
  3. employment
  4. date
  5. employ
  6. rendezvous
Noun
  • When Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer publicly announced their betrothal in 1981, photos of her glittering sapphire engagement ring ricocheted across the globe.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
  • Singer Sam Smith is reportedly engaged to British designer Christian Cowan, according to a source who allegedly overheard the couple discussing their betrothal in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Definition of betrothal
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  • The result is a new generation of patients planning trips around treatments rather than squeezing appointments into an existing vacation.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • In order to ensure the highest standard of interior appointment, Alaskan partnered up with an interior yacht designer to give the HS 640 a cabin space akin to a luxury pleasure boat or high-end expedition vehicle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
Definition of appointment
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  • The traditional concept of professional security, once anchored in stable, full-time employment and institutional safeguards, is fundamentally outdated.
    — Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • David Card, who won a Nobel Prize in 2021 for his work on this subject, documented that this inflow actually prompted a significant increase in new business investment and thus led to a surge in new employment.
    — Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026
Definition of employment
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  • There are cross-country trips to Duke and Wake Forest and a date in South Bend against Notre Dame.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • The court date begins a weeklong preliminary hearing where prosecutors aim to convince a Utah judge to allow the trial to move forward.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of date
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  • According to Main Street America's 2025 Small Business Survey, More than half of Main Street businesses employ just one or two full-time employees, while over 90% employ fewer than 20 people.
    — Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The number of Haitians under John Knox Village’s employ may be small at 12, out of some 300 staff.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of employ
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  • Based on current trends, Swift will fall below an altitude of 300 kilometers (186 miles) in October, when its orbit will be too low for Link to have a decent shot at completing the rendezvous due to increasing atmospheric drag.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
  • During their trip to England in May, Swift and Kelce reportedly met up with Kate and William for a secret rendezvous in London, according to People.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of rendezvous

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“Engagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engagement. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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