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engagement

engagement

64 3.2
A planned meeting at a set time
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
translation icon : compromiso
  • I did a a speaking engagement November last year.
  • a speaking engagement

What was the, let's just say the first engagement that you got in after?

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Examples

  • 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.

  • No, I have an engagement Wednesday.

  • I have a previous engagement.

  • Tommy, do you realize we have a dinner engagement?

  • I do a lot of speaking engagements, and I open with that nearly every single time.

  • 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

appointment
vsengagement
595 1.5

A planned meeting at a set time, often with a professional

is a broader arranged meeting or scheduled event not only for formal reasons
gig
vsengagement
139 3.5

A performance by musicians or entertainers at a venue

covers arranged meetings or performances in general not only shows
rendezvous
vsengagement
44 6.8

A planned meeting between people, often romantic or secret

is a neutral scheduled meeting or performance without secret or romantic tone
booking
vsengagement
  • Jargon
15 2.8

An arranged time for a musician, actor, or group to give a show

refers to single arranged meetings or events rather than longer employment periods

Antonyms

cancellation
  • Texting
63 1.9

Stopping something planned so it no longer happens

Compounds

A ring with a stone like a diamond given to someone to show they will marry

26 7.9

A guide that tells military and other people when they can start fighting and what they may do

Taking part in local activities to help people and improve the area

Not taking part in group activities or events

How Scheduled

appointment
595 1.5
engagement
64 3.2
arrangement
449 2.5
to plan
1.0

Surface Forms

engagement singular
engagements plural

Morphology

engagement = engage (transparent) = engage + ment

This sense is a straightforward nominalization of 'engage' meaning 'to arrange or commit to meet/perform', making the noun predictable.

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.