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# engagement

«engagement» in Mova's school dictionary: **an agreement to marry someone; a couple who are engaged…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an engagement, engagements; engagement, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An engagement is an agreement to marry someone; a couple who are engaged usually wear or give an engagement ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#m1)

2) (formal) An arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere: «a dinner engagement». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#m2)

3) Engagement is being interested and taking part: «pupils' engagement in lessons». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#m3)

4) A battle or fight between armies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday family life an engagement party celebrates a couple who plan to marry. In school reports teachers talk about engagement in learning. In history lessons an engagement can mean a battle. Phrases: «engagement ring», «announce their engagement», «a prior engagement», «student engagement».

### examples

- My cousin showed us her engagement ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x1)
- They announced their engagement at the family dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x2)
- The engagement lasted a year before the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x3)
- I'm sorry, I have a prior engagement on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x4)
- The teacher praised our class's engagement in the project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x5)
- The naval engagement lasted all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x6)
- We went to my aunt's engagement party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x7)
- “An engagement I have,” she replied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engagement/#x8)

### note

Countable for a promise to marry, a meeting or a battle; uncountable for «taking part». Related: engage, engaged (also: busy, as a phone line in the UK). An engagement can be «broken off».

### Trees and pragmatics

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