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Meaning of engagement

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  engagement
      n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
           of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
           Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he
           got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict},
           {fight}, {engagement}]
      2: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid
         kissing at the end of a date" [syn: {date}, {appointment},
         {engagement}]
      3: a mutual promise to marry [syn: {betrothal}, {troth},
         {engagement}]
      4: the act of giving someone a job [syn: {employment},
         {engagement}]
      5: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for
         a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout
         the summer" [syn: {engagement}, {booking}]
      6: contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch";
         "the meshing of gears" [syn: {engagement}, {mesh}, {meshing},
         {interlocking}]
      7: the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher
         tried to increase his students' engagement in class
         activities" [syn: {engagement}, {participation},
         {involvement}, {involution}] [ant: {non-engagement}, {non-
         involvement}, {nonparticipation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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