B1verb · transitive · common

engage

engage · engages · engaged · engaging

наймати, задіювати

уйти с головой, погрузить, погрузиться

beschäftigen, anstellen, anlegen, angreifen

To interact sociallyTo interact socially.: To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.

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/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

» He is engaged in foreign trade.

Він зайнятий у сфері міжнародної торгівлі. — deniko

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Meaning

13 senses

To interact socially.
(transitive)To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
beschäftigen
(ambitransitive)To draw into conversation.
anstellen
To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
To interact antagonistically.
(transitive)To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
angreifen, anlegen
(intransitive)To enter into battle.
To interact contractually.
(transitive)To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
заді́юватиzadíjuvaty, найма́тиnajmáty
(intransitive)To guarantee or promise (to do something).
verpflichten
(transitive)To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.
To interact mechanically.
To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
einrasten, ineinander greifen
(transitive)To come into gear with.
The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
(intransitive, transitive)To activate a lock.
He engaged the lock on the door.
The lock engaged automatically when the door was shut.
To interact contractually.
(obsolete, transitive)To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

More definitions

get caught
keep engaged
hire for work or assistance
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

Examples

606 sentences

He is engaged in foreign trade.
Він зайнятий у сфері міжнародної торгівлі. — deniko
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Tom and Mary are now engaged.
Том та Мері зараз помолвлені. — deniko
ruТом с Мэри теперь помолвлены. — sharptoothed
deTom und Maria sind jetzt verlobt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is engaged to my daughter.
Том заручений з моєю донькою. — deniko
ruТом помолвлен с моей дочерью. — Balamax
deTom ist mit meiner Tochter verlobt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom and Mary are already engaged.
Том та Мері вже заручені. — deniko
ruТом с Мэри уже помолвлены. — marafon
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Tom and Mary aren't engaged yet.
Том та Мері ще не заручені. — deniko
ruТом и Мэри ещё не помолвлены. — marafon
deTom und Maria sind noch nicht verlobt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to employ or obtain the services of someone:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

to engross or hold the attention of someone:

to draw into conversation:

to enter into conflict with an enemy:

to guarantee or promise to do something:

to mesh or interlock:

Origin

From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Old Fren

From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Old French en- (“in, under”) + gage (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.

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