engagement
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2.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
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compromiso
- Slowly, gingerly, Annie slips the engagement ring off her finger and hands it to Walter.
- engagement ring
- break off an engagement
- an engagement party
Why do you need engagement if you're OK with no marriage?
- Why do you need engagement if you're OK with no marriage?
- My friend from high school invited me to his engagement party, which I didn't want to go to.
- They just, they're so young and they're like, no, this is their engagement party.
- I'm going to be a secret photographer going to film my sister's engagement.
Examples
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Well, my engagement wasn't something that I planned for months and months and months.
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Twice my engagement was called off for silly reasons.
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Is that an engagement ring?
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The only reason I accepted this engagement ring from you in the first place... is because I thought you had potential!
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So, you did break off your engagement.
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Guess the news of the engagement came as a bit of a shock, huh?
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My friend from high school invited me to his engagement party, which I didn't want to go to.
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I hadn't seen him since the night after she announced their engagement two weeks ago.
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We started planning our wedding, I don't know, shortly after the engagement, right?
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They announced their engagement at a family gathering, much to everyone's delight.
Synonyms
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9.9
A serious promise to be loyal, often made before marriage
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7.7
A formal promise to marry someone
An engagement or a wedding ceremony
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 Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Engagement comes from engage, which joined en- ('in') and gage ('pledge' or 'promise'). Long ago an engagement was a formal promise to marry, which is why today it still means a promise to wed.