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engagement

engagement

78 3.9
Taking part in a group's activities
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
translation icon : participación
  • My teaching comes very much from my engagement with the Jewish tradition.
  • student engagement
  • academic engagement
  • active engagement

So there hasn't been engagement from another voice.

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Examples

  • A critical component of formative assessment is student engagement in multiple opportunities for feedback.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The community center offers various programs to promote engagement among local residents.

  • So we're much more interested in increasing engagement rather than getting big.

  • So it's, it's very much part of of the engagement that we encourage to do.

  • Less chance of engagement on their behalf.

  • We're looking for community engagement.

  • A student-centered learning environment and high levels of student engagement are achieved through online education.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The findings from this study support the centrality of academic engagement among a transfer student population.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The most common barriers to student success and engagement in the activity result from technological glitches.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Also, the script required student responses that increased students' active engagement in the instructional sessions.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

involvement
vsengagement
418 2.9

Taking part in an activity, group, or discussion

is a focused active role specifically in group activities
participation
vsengagement
229 2.8

Taking part in an activity or event with other people

is more active and committed within group activities

Antonyms

withdrawal
  • Formal
39 5.0

Leaving a group, country, or agreement

Not taking part in group activities or events

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 Involved

commitment
829 3.3
engagement
78 3.9
participation
229 2.8
presence
951 2.1

Surface Forms

engagement singular
engagements plural

Morphology

engagement = engage (transparent) = engage + ment

This is a standard nominalization from 'engage' meaning 'to involve or participate', so the derived noun meaning 'participation' is predictable.

Etymology

Engagement comes from the verb engage, from en- ('in') and gage ('pledge' or 'promise'), and it came to mean 'taking part'. So when people take part actively in a group, we call that their engagement because it shows their commitment.