ENGAGE


Meaning of ENGAGE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ actively , directly

Our contributors are actively engaging with tradition.

▪ fully , seriously

▪ constructively , effectively , successfully

▪ critically , emotionally , intellectually , politically

The party is attempting to ~ young voters politically.

VERB + ENGAGE

▪ fail to , refuse to

PREPOSITION

▪ with

We acknowledge the need to ~ directly with these problems.

PHRASAL VERB

engage (sb) in sth

ADVERB

▪ actively

people who actively ~ in shaping the world they live in

▪ constructively

They constructively ~ critics in debates.

▪ openly

▪ regularly , routinely ( esp. AmE )

The army was regularly ~d in combat.

VERB + ENGAGE IN

▪ attempt to , seek to , try to

He tried to ~ me in conversation.

▪ be eager to , be willing to

▪ be reluctant to , be unwilling to

Engage is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ clutch

Engage is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ audience , ↑ clutch , ↑ consultant , ↑ enemy , ↑ first , ↑ gear , ↑ imagination , ↑ mind , ↑ staff , ↑ student , ↑ sympathy , ↑ target , ↑ tutor , ↑ worker

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