engagement
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3.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
- I did a a speaking engagement November last year.
- a speaking engagement
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Watch on YouTubeWhat was the, let's just say the first engagement that you got in after?
- What was the, let's just say the first engagement that you got in after?
- Because William just had to cancel yet another engagement for personal reasons.
- Kevin, this Ryan Carson gave me my first speaking engagement like has been just so enjoyable.
- What we're going to find is another engagement, right?
- And I started doing a lot of speaking engagements now.
- What else is happening in all these engagements?
- And it doesn't matter how fancy your other engagement might be, you better be at my parents BBQ.
- I guess maybe if you need to tone it down, you have some sort of a business engagement.
- We've had clients find their ideal clients at universities, at workshops, at conferences, at speaking engagements they may have had or they're attending.
Examples
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A poster outside the building announces a future engagement of the Lewis Duart Master Chorale.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sorry to call on you so late in the evening... but we did have a previous engagement.
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No, I have an engagement Wednesday.
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I have a previous engagement.
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Tommy, do you realize we have a dinner engagement?
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I do a lot of speaking engagements, and I open with that nearly every single time.
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We corresponded for several months, and I met him again after a speaking engagement in Missoula.
Academic text (2001) -
The WFH Trio had another engagement at the art gallery where they'd first performed together.
Fiction book (1990) -
So we've got seventeen new bookings for speaking engagements, my wonderful men.
Fiction book (2001) -
I have an engagement with a client at noon tomorrow.
Synonyms
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1.5
A planned meeting at a set time, often with a professional
218
3.5
A performance by musicians or entertainers at a venue
90
6.8
A planned meeting between people, often romantic or secret
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2.8
An arranged time for a musician, actor, or group to give a show
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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7.9
A guide that tells military and other people when they can start fighting and what they may do
How Scheduled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Engagement comes from the verb engage, made from en- ('in') and gage ('pledge' or 'promise'). So an appointment is an engagement because it is a promise to meet or be somewhere at a set time.