ENGAGEMENTS Synonyms

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• a meeting arranged in advance

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• a person who is appointed to a job or position

• the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

• (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• a mutual promise to marry

• the act of becoming betrothed or engaged

• employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time

• the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)

• the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

• a message that makes a pledge

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

• the specified day of the month

• a participant in a date

• a meeting arranged in advance

• the present

• the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred

• a particular day specified as the time something happens

• sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

• go on a date with

• stamp with a date

• assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of

• date regularly; have a steady relationship with

• provide with a dateline; mark with a date

• the state of being employed or having a job

• the occupation for which you are paid

• the act of giving someone a job

• the act of using

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• an aggressive willingness to compete

• an intense verbal dispute

• a boxing or wrestling match

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• fight against or resist strongly

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• contact by fitting together

• the act of interlocking or meshing

• linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

• reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

• a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power

• the action of enfolding something

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• a connection of inclusion or containment

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

• the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles

• contact by fitting together

• the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

• the act of interlocking or meshing

• keep engaged

• coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

• work together in harmony

• entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

• contact by fitting together

• an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

• the act of interlocking or meshing

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

• a mutual promise to marry

• a solemn pledge of fidelity