engagement
noun
[ ɪnˈɡeɪdʒm(ə)nt ]
• a formal agreement to get married.
• "she'd broken off her engagement to Paul"
Similar:
betrothal,
betrothment,
marriage contract,
plighting of one's troth,
espousal,
affiance,
affiancing,
handfast,
sponsalia,
subarrhation,
• an arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time.
• "a dinner engagement"
Similar:
appointment,
arrangement,
commitment,
meeting,
tweetup,
interview,
consultation,
session,
date,
assignation,
rendezvous,
tryst,
• the action of engaging or being engaged.
• "Britain's continued engagement in open trading"
• a fight or battle between armed forces.
• "the war's most significant engagements were fought to keep these sea lanes open"
Similar:
battle,
fight,
clash,
confrontation,
encounter,
conflict,
struggle,
skirmish,
dogfight,
affray,
attack,
assault,
offensive,
warfare,
action,
combat,
hostilities,
shoot-out,
scrap,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the general sense ‘a legal or moral obligation’): French, from engager ‘to pledge’ (see engage).
