engaged
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,179 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 15,504 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having ones attention or mind or energy engaged also: occupied she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activitiesdeeply engaged in conversation
- involved in military hostilities the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
- reserved in advance also: booked, set-aside
- (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) also: busy, in use her line is busyreceptionists' telephones are always engaged
- (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting also: meshed, intermeshed the gears are engagedmeshed gears
- having services contracted for the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
engaged in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was at the height of this period that I became engaged to Audrey.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Having alone freely engaged my future, I wished to bear alone the weight of my anxiety.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She went in and gave herself out as a servant, a poor maid who would gladly be engaged.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The Chief of my Staff entered my tent whilst I was engaged in studying a map not very successfully.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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All this, being town's talk, Christian already knew; more she had never inquired, not even when she was engaged to him.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1