be engaged with
1engaged — adj. 1 doing sth VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ deeply, heavily ▪ those who are deeply engaged in party politics ▪ fully …
2engaged — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Promised in marriage] Syn. betrothed, affianced, bound, pledged, plighted, matched, intended, committed, hooked*, ringed*. Ant. free*, available, unbetrothed. 2. [Not at liberty] Syn. busy, occupied, involved, tied up;… …
3Engaged (play) — Engaged is a three act farcical comedy by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Haymarket Theatre on October 3 1877, the same year as The Sorcerer , one of Gilbert s comic operas written with Arthur Sullivan, which was soon followed by the… …
4engaged — en‧gaged [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adjective a telephone that is engaged is being used; = busy AmE: • I can t get through her line s engaged. • Every time I call I get the engaged tone (= the sound you hear when the telephone is engaged ) . * * * …
5engaged — [adj1] promised to be married affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one’s word*, going steady*, hooked*, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady; concept 555 Ant. available,… …
6With This Ring — (January 21, 1951 ndash;March 11, 1951) was a prime time panel show broadcast by the DuMont Television Network that featured engaged couples discussing marriage and marital problems. It was initially hosted by Bill Slater, but the show quickly… …
7with one's hand in the cookie jar — engaged in surreptitious theft from one s employer they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar …
8engaged — engagedly /en gay jid lee, gayjd /, adv. engagedness, n. /en gayjd /, adj. 1. busy or occupied; involved: deeply engaged in conversation. 2. pledged to be married; betrothed: an engaged couple. 3. under engagement; pledged: an engaged contractor …
9Engaged in one precept, exempt from another — The idea that someone who is engaged in the performance of one precept of the Law is exempt from another precept is a concept in rabbinical Judaism. In Hebrew this is rendered עוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה, osek b mitzvah patur min hamitzvah (lit.… …
10engaged workaholic — n. A person who works compulsively because he or she loves their job. engaged workaholism n. Example Citations: Though unhappy clock watchers...may be tempted to call her a workaholic endangering health, psyche and personal life by being too… …
