engage

Meaning

1. (transitive) To interact socially.
2. (ambitransitive) To interact socially.
3. To interact socially.
4. (transitive) To interact antagonistically.
5. (intransitive) To interact antagonistically.
6. (transitive) To interact contractually.
7. (intransitive) To interact contractually.
8. (transitive) To interact contractually.
9. (obsolete, transitive) To interact contractually.
10. To interact mechanically.
11. (transitive) To interact mechanically.
12. (obsolete, transitive) To entangle.

Synonyms

employ

hire

betroth

involve

occupy

rent

mesh

engross

take

contract

interlock

lease

plight

take on

absorb

wage

charter

affiance

recruit

lock

🔒

match

promise

concern

prosecute

embroil

operate

undertake

turn on

switch on

venture

carry

reserve

pursue

book

📖

start

bind

activate

ply

appoint

compromise

agree

attract

hold

attack

👊

enlist

fight

invite

coincide

clench

attach

Translations

engager

contratar

effectuer

impegnare

obbligare

ocupar

assumere

ingaggiare

engagieren

occuper

contratar

anstellen

απασχολούμαι

einstellen

noleggiare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: engagen

Cognate with Old English: anwedd

Cognate with Old English: weddian

Cognate with German: wetten

Cognate with Icelandic: veðja

In summary

From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.