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Engage ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ Engaged Machine Verb Movie Mind Eye

Word3 engage
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
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  • it is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
  • their pleas failed to engage any sympathy.
  • to engage the public/audience/viewer/reader
  • it was difficult to engage the students at first.
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engage

(verb)/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/ /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

    Verb Forms

  1. to succeed in attracting and keeping somebody’s attention and interest
    • It is a movie that engages both the mind and the eye.
    • Their pleas failed to engage any sympathy.
    • to engage the public/audience/viewer/reader
    • It was difficult to engage the students at first.
    • The party is attempting to engage young voters politically.
  2. to employ a person, company, etc. to do a particular job
    • She has aready engaged a lawyer.
    • We will have to engage the services of a translator.
    • He was immediately engaged as a consultant.
    • Karl Böhm engaged her to sing in Vienna.

    Extra Examples

    • Some of the directors wanted to engage another firm.
    • They have engaged companies as subcontractors for the construction work
    • The government engages charitable organizations to help in the distribution of food
  3. to become involved with and try to understand something/somebody
    • She has the ability to engage with young minds.

    Extra Examples

    • We acknowledge the need to engage directly with these problems.
    • Our contributors are actively engaging with tradition.
  4. to begin fighting with somebody
    • He ordered his men to engage the enemy.
    • The fleet sailed out of Cadiz to engage with the enemy.
  5. when a part of a machine engages, or when you engage it, it fits together with another part of the machine and the machine begins to work
    • The cogwheels are not engaging.
    • One cogwheel engages with the next.
    • Engage the clutch before selecting a gear.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (formerly also as ingage): from French engager, ultimately from the base of gage, ‘a pledge or deposit offered as a guarantee’. The word originally meant ‘to pawn or pledge something’, later ‘pledge oneself (to do something)’, hence ‘enter into a contract’ (mid 16th cent.), ‘involve oneself in an activity’, ‘enter into combat’ (mid 17th cent.), giving rise to the notion ‘involve someone or something else’.
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