engagement

  • 31Engagement — Hingabefähigkeit; Einsatzfreude; Willigkeit; Bereitwilligkeit; Bereitschaft; Einsatzbereitschaft; Eifer; Tatendrang; Hingabe; Einsatz; Hingebung * * * En …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 32engagement — [[t]ɪnge͟ɪʤmənt[/t]] engagements 1) N COUNT An engagement is an arrangement that you have made to do something at a particular time. [FORMAL] He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight. ...business related social engagements.… …

    English dictionary

  • 33engagement */*/ — UK [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt] / US noun Word forms engagement : singular engagement plural engagements 1) a) [countable] a formal agreement to get married break off an engagement (= end it): Miranda has not met any other man since she broke off their… …

    English dictionary

  • 34engagement — en|gage|ment [ ın geıdʒmənt ] noun ** ▸ 1 marriage agreement ▸ 2 arrangement to do something ▸ 3 battle between armies ▸ 4 in machines ▸ 5 employment ▸ 6 involvement 1. ) count a formal agreement to get married: break off an engagement (=end it) …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35engagement — nm. angazhman (Saxel), êgazhmê (Albanais). E. : Pari. A1) v. , manquer // faillir engagement à un engagement : étre engagement on /// de engagement kapon <être engagement un /// des engagement lâche(s)> (Arvillard) …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 36Engagement — das Engagement, s (Mittelstufe) geh.: persönlicher Einsatz Synonym: Engagiertheit (geh.) Beispiel: Er ist für sein Engagement für den Naturschutz bekannt. das Engagement, s (Mittelstufe) Anstellung einer Person Beispiel: Er hat ein festes… …

    Extremes Deutsch

  • 37engagement — noun 1 (C) an agreement to marry someone: They ve officially announced their engagement. | break off your engagement (=say you no longer want to marry someone) 2 (C) an arrangement to do something or meet someone: He has engagements this month at …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38engagement — /en gayj meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of engaging or the state of being engaged. 2. an appointment or arrangement: a business engagement. 3. betrothal: They announced their engagement. 4. a pledge; an obligation or agreement: All his time seems to be… …

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  • 39Engagement — This term in obstetrics refers to the sensation that a pregnant woman feels when the baby drops. This is the time when the presenting (the lowermost) part of the fetus descends and is engaged in the mother s pelvis. Engagement is also called… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 40engagement — noun 1) they broke off their engagement Syn: marriage contract; dated betrothal; archaic espousal 2) a social engagement Syn: appointment, meeting, arrangement, commitment; date, assignation, rendezvous; literary tryst 3) …

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