ENGAGED


Meaning of ENGAGED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪngeɪdʒd ]

1.

Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. ( FORMAL )

They found the three engaged in target practice.

...the various projects he was engaged on.

ADJ : v-link ADJ in/on n

2.

When two people are engaged , they have agreed to marry each other.

We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday...

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ to n

3.

If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged , it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. ( BRIT; in AM, use busy )

The line is engaged...

ADJ : v-link ADJ

4.

If a public toilet is engaged , it is already being used by someone else. ( BRIT; in AM, usually use occupied )

ADJ : v-link ADJ

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