engaged
- adjective
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/
- The consultant was engaged by the company to improve their marketing strategy.
Seva is a trade union of poor women engaged in countless different trades.
- Seva is a trade union of poor women engaged in countless different trades.
Examples
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She was engaged as a project manager for the new software development.
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Seva is a trade union of poor women engaged in countless different trades.
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And top line leadership is engaged at all levels.
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This will tell me how engaged you will be and how successful this event will be.
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But I will say that what individual action does do is it causes people to become engaged in the issue itself.
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And the people that I, that I saw as my models here on campus were people who were engaged in this issue.
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You're going for people who are happily engaged in the center of the market doing productive work.
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But, you know, I find myself in a place where I've got this, this really loyal audience that's super engaged, a ton of attention.
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They hired a specialist who is engaged in renewable energy research.
Synonyms
A person paid to do a job for someone
Having a paid job
Having a job and earning money from it
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Etymology
Engaged comes from an old French idea: en- 'in' plus gage 'pledge', so it first meant someone 'bound' to do a task. That's why engaged can mean 'hired' or officially set to work.