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
The assembly may interpret the rules to exclude reformist clerics who favor greater social freedoms and engagement with the outside world.
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Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
There’s an art to a good press release, that starts with appropriately targeting your audience and then creating hooks to entice further engagement.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
Following a tour of a community in Far North Dallas that Goldman Sachs had invested in, Asahi Pompey, the global head of Goldman Sachs’ office of corporate engagement, said the bank’s investments happen where the company knows the community.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Other components deal with economic development, developing a community engagement plan and ensuring there’s a language access plan, which involves providing translation and documents in Spanish and other languages.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
There’s an art to a good press release, that starts with appropriately targeting your audience and then creating hooks to entice further engagement.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
Following a tour of a community in Far North Dallas that Goldman Sachs had invested in, Asahi Pompey, the global head of Goldman Sachs’ office of corporate engagement, said the bank’s investments happen where the company knows the community.
—Neal Franklin, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Other components deal with economic development, developing a community engagement plan and ensuring there’s a language access plan, which involves providing translation and documents in Spanish and other languages.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 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 2 Mar. 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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