ENGAGED


Meaning of ENGAGED in English

1.

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

They found the three ~ in target practice.

...the various projects he was ~ on.

ADJ: v-link ADJ in/on n

2.

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

We got ~ on my eighteenth birthday...

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

3.

If a telephone or a telephone line is ~, 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 ~...

ADJ: v-link ADJ

4.

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

ADJ: v-link ADJ

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