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# engaged

«engaged» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having agreed to marry someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past of «engage»: engage, engages, engaged, engaging); adjective (engaged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Having agreed to marry someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m1)

2) (adjective, UK) Being used, busy (the toilet is engaged; the phone line is engaged). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m2)

3) (adjective) Busy with or interested in an activity (engaged in learning). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m3)

4) Got someone's attention or interest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m4)

5) (formal) Employed someone; or began fighting with an enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m5)

6) Locked a machine part into place (engaged the gears). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In family life, «my aunt got engaged». In the UK, «engaged» on a toilet door or phone means occupied or busy (US: «busy» or «occupied»). In school, pupils who are engaged pay attention. Phrases: «get engaged», «engaged to», «engaged in», «the line is engaged».

### examples

- My sister got engaged to her boyfriend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x1)
- Sorry, the toilet is engaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x2)
- I rang Gran but the line was engaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x3)
- The pupils were engaged in a science project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x4)
- The story engaged the children from the first page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x5)
- The driver engaged first gear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x6)
- The firm engaged a new cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x7)
- Shall we be engaged to each other? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/#x8)

### note

Noun «engagement» (an engagement ring). UK «engaged» on a door = US «occupied». «Engaged TO someone» (to marry), «engaged IN something» (doing). Opposite on doors: vacant, free.

### In the corpora

- [Being engaged means two people have promised to marry each other, and a ring is often given as a sign of the promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/13-dates-engagements-and-weddings/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «engaged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engaged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.