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en•gaged ( n-g jd )
adj.
1. Employed, occupied, or busy.
2. Committed, as to a cause.
3. Pledged to marry; betrothed: an engaged couple.
4. Involved in conflict or battle.
5. Being in gear; meshed.
6. Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to another part, as columns on a wall.
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Adj. 1. engaged - having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
occupied
busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
2. engaged - involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
involved - connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"
3. engaged - reserved in advance
booked, set-aside
reserved - set aside for the use of a particular person or party
4. engaged - (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); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
in use, busy
occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"
5. engaged - (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
intermeshed, meshed
geared - equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged
6. engaged - having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"
7. engaged - built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
connected - joined or linked together
8. engaged - pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
affianced, betrothed, pledged, bespoken
committed, attached - associated in an exclusive sexual relationship