engagement
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7.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/
- Specialized
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enfrentamiento
- NATO's sea and air mission in Libya is the first major military engagement undertaken since the global financial crisis.
- military engagement
- rules of engagement
- engagement with forces
What, the first engagement, the first ambush.
- What, the first engagement, the first ambush.
- What was your, what was your team's response after the first first engagement?
- Now I mentioned that a lot of the engagements were with Kanair and this happens because the skin spies are being directed by this Synthes.
Examples
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When he arrived in Afghanistan, the first major engagement of the war hadn't started yet.
Fiction book (2002) -
We've now finished off these forces here, some small engagement still remaining.
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So would the engagement in military conflict be one of the biggest negative things about the state?
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The commanding officer reported that six Russian soldiers had been killed in the engagement.
Academic text (2008) -
In response to the Right Honourable Member's question of the 7th of last month, the Ministry of Defence can now confirm that an engagement by British Special Forces against known terrorists did occur on the 13th of September.
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More than two dozen Saudis died in those engagements, and the military legend of Osama bin Laden was born.
Academic text (2001) -
The Sassanian archers kept Julian's Roman legions from forcing a decisive engagement on the approach to Ctesiphon.
Academic text (1999) -
In the battle of Gettysburg, the engagement between Union and Confederate forces lasted for three days.
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The general planned the engagement carefully to minimize casualties on both sides.
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During the historic engagement at Waterloo, Napoleon faced a coalition of European powers.
Synonyms
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1.0
A physical struggle between people or groups, like a boxing match
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1.4
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
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3.5
A fight between soldiers or armed groups in a war
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2.7
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
423
6.9
Close fighting during the final part of a military attack
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6.9
Fighting between soldiers in a war
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7.4
A large attack by an army to gain control
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3.7
An action by soldiers that involves fighting
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6.5
A short battle where armed people shoot at each other
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6.4
A brief unplanned fight between small groups, often during a larger conflict
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7.0
A close, fierce fight between fighter planes or in a contest
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8.0
A planned large fight where armies meet at an arranged time and place
1
4.9
A fight between soldiers or military groups using weapons
1
7.4
Fighting between two countries or groups during a war
Troops that are active in battle
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 Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Engagement comes from the verb engage (from en- 'in' + gage 'pledge'), and it also took the meaning 'to go into action'. So a military engagement is a fight that begins when forces commit to battle.