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engagement
What does engagement mean?
engagement (noun): a mutual promise to marry.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use engagement in a sentence?
How do you pronounce engagement?
/ɛnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does engagement come from?
From French engagement.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to engagement
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “engagement” mean?
a fellow member of a team
Not quite: that's what teammate means.
a mutual promise to marry
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a recurring idea; a motif
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the upper part of anything
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