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engagement
has definitions from the fields of work,performing arts,military
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[ noun ] (military) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Examples "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga" "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Jonathan wrote grimly of the destruction of Harpers_Ferry before they abandoned it ; of their first engagement at Falling_Waters after Old_Jack 's First_Brigade had destroyed all the rolling_stock of the B_+_O_Railroad . |
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[ noun ] a mutual promise to marry
Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)There are boxed proclamations in the newspaper of watchings , pinnings , ringings , engagements , and marriages in a scrupulously graded hierarchy of felicity . `` Witt_House happily announces the engagement of Fran_Horowitz to Erwin_Schwartz of Fife_House '' . |
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[ noun ] a meeting arranged in advance
Synonyms Examples "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)The engagement was_supposed_to be all set for the big theater in McCormick_Place , which Sol_Hurok , ballet booker extraordinary , considers the finest house of its kind in the country - and of_course he does n't weep at the capacity , either . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Charlie_Marble was back_and_forth on several occasions , first to confer_with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las_Vegas engagement - they decided it was wise - and later to announce that a prominent comedian , also an agency client , had agreed to fill the casino 's open date . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work,performing arts) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
Synonyms Examples "the play had bookings throughout the summer" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)On that date the Musicians_Emergency_Fund , organized to furnish employment for musicians unable to obtain engagements during the depression and to provide relief for older musicians who lost their fortunes in the stock_market crash , observed its 30_th anniversary . |
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[ noun ] (work) the act of giving someone a job
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)So the Kirov will fly back to Russia , minus a Chicago engagement , a serious loss for dance fans - and for the frustrated bookers , cancellation of one of the richest bookings in the country . |
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[ noun ] sharing the activities of a group
Synonyms Examples "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" |
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