engagement
part of speech
noun (an engagement, engagements; engagement, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) An engagement is an agreement to marry someone; a couple who are engaged usually wear or give an engagement ring. tree →
2) (formal) An arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere: «a dinner engagement». tree →
3) Engagement is being interested and taking part: «pupils' engagement in lessons». tree →
4) A battle or fight between armies. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday family life an engagement party celebrates a couple who plan to marry. In school reports teachers talk about engagement in learning. In history lessons an engagement can mean a battle. Phrases: «engagement ring», «announce their engagement», «a prior engagement», «student engagement».
examples
- My cousin showed us her engagement ring. tree →
- They announced their engagement at the family dinner. tree →
- The engagement lasted a year before the wedding. tree →
- I'm sorry, I have a prior engagement on Saturday. tree →
- The teacher praised our class's engagement in the project. tree →
- The naval engagement lasted all day. tree →
- We went to my aunt's engagement party. tree →
- “An engagement I have,” she replied. tree →
note
Countable for a promise to marry, a meeting or a battle; uncountable for «taking part». Related: engage, engaged (also: busy, as a phone line in the UK). An engagement can be «broken off».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «engagement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.