engaged
Having agreed to marry a particular person or each otherHaving agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
Meaning
9 senses(not comparable)Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
verlobt
помо́лвленныйpomólvlennyj, помо́лвленнаяpomólvlennaja, обручённыйobručónnyj
(not comparable)Busy or employed.
(not comparable)Greatly interested.
(UK, not comparable)(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
besetzt
за́нятыйzánjatyj
(not comparable)Attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
built against or attached to a wall
(not comparable)In contact and in operation
(not comparable)Being attacked or attacking
(not comparable)Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
(not comparable)Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Synonyms
11 synonyms- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged:occupied
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting:meshedintermeshed
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line):busyin use
- reserved in advance:bookedset-aside
- pledged to be married:bespokenbetrothed