engaged

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒd === Verb === engaged simple past and past participle of engage === Adjective === engaged (not comparable) Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other. Synonyms: affianced, betrothed Busy or employed. Greatly interested. (British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. Synonym: (US) busy (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation (military) being attacked or attacking (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet. Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== engage engagement ==== Translations ====