engaged

Examples

• All

• The conference room is already engaged for the entire afternoon, so we will need to find another space.

• The theater was engaged for a private event, so we had to reschedule our visit.

• So stay engaged, make your voice heard.

• So you need that human capital engaged in the research system.

• But but you can tell she's clearly not engaged in this video chat at all.

• But despite these obstacles, some people do manage to stay motivated, engaged, and unstuck.

• But but you'll the cues are, are people engaged or are people not engaged?

• But but you'll the cues are, are people engaged or are people not engaged?

• Well, they're not engaged in P functioning, that's pretty clear.

Synonyms

B

busy

vsengaged

86 1.0

Unavailable because someone else is using it

covers unavailability more generally, including reserved or occupied situations

I

in use

vsengaged

49 1.0

Taken by someone so it is not free or available

includes cases of prior reservation as well as current use

O

otherwise engaged

vsengaged

4 4.6

Busy with something else and not available

can also mean simply occupied or reserved, not only prior commitment

S

set-aside

vsengaged

1 4.9

Kept in advance for a particular use or person

focuses more generally on being unavailable, not only set aside for purpose

O

occupied

vsengaged

1.8

Busy doing something and not free to do other things

also applies to objects or reservations, not only active involvement

B

booked

vsengaged

1.0

Reserved in advance so it is not available for others

also covers temporary occupation or immediate use, not only advance reservation

Antonyms

A

available

∞ 2.3

Able to be used or bought and not in use now

U

unoccupied

7 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

Idioms

O

otherwise engaged

4 4.6

Busy with something else and not available

How Available

available

∞ 2.3

engaged

• UK

3.2

occupied

2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology