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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Engagement (0.02356 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Engagement.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: engagement
perjanjian, pertunangan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: engagement
engagement
n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
of a war;
“Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
Chickamauga”;
“he lost his romantic ideas about war when
he got into a real engagement” [syn:
battle,
conflict,
fight]
2: a meeting arranged in advance;
“she asked how to avoid
kissing at the end of a date” [syn:
date,
appointment]
3: a mutual promise to marry [syn:
betrothal,
troth]
4: the act of giving someone a job [syn:
employment]
5: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts
for a limited period of time;
“the play had bookings
throughout the summer” [syn:
booking]
6: contact by fitting together;
“the engagement of the clutch”;
“the meshing of gears” [syn:
mesh,
meshing,
interlocking]
7: the act of sharing in the activities of a group;
“the
teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in
class activities” [syn:
participation,
involvement,
involution]
[ant:
non-engagement,
non-engagement,
non-engagement]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Engagement
Engagement
\En*gage"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engagement.]
1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or
entering into contest.
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2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif.,
a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
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3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of
the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract;
an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented
his acceptance of any office.
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Religion, which is the chief engagement of our
league. --Milton.
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4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle.
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In hot engagement with the Moors. --Dryden.
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5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a
clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
Syn: Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise;
stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight;
contest; conflict. See
Battle.
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