to engage

Examples

• All

• All right, engage!

  Hot Shots! (1991)

• However, I'll engage it for the moment.

• We can't engage the system without the code.

  97 Minutes (2023)

• How to take off, how to land, and how to engage the autopilot.

  Fiction book (1997)

• And you hear the the sewing machine engine engage and start to Rev just a little bit.

• Request permission to engage.

  Black Hawk Down (2001)

• Locked on and engaged.

  Last Breath (2025)

• Locks are engaged.

  Armageddon (1998)

• If we sent a low-level ionic pulse, it might reset the coil and engage the cloaking systems.

  Fiction book (1994)

• To start using the new feature, you need to engage the lever on the control panel.

Synonyms

A

to activate

vsto engage

715 3.6

To make a machine, system, or account start working

makes parts join and lock to allow operation

M

to mesh

vsto engage

23 4.1

To work well with other people or parts

cause parts to interlock for operation rather than just fit

A

to actuate

vsto engage

• Specialized

1 7.3

To make a machine start working

causes parts to interlock so the machine can operate

Antonyms

D

to disengage

82 5.3

To stop being part of or connected to something

Idioms

E

to engage your brain

• Informal

1 4.2

Think carefully before you speak or act

Phrasal Verbs

E

to engage in banter

• Informal

4.8

Take part in friendly playful talk that makes jokes and teases

E

to engage their fans

3.5

To talk to and share things with fans to keep them interested

How Engaged

to lock

398 2.5

to engage

• Specialized

96 5.1

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Morphology

Etymology