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engaged
(/E/n'g/eI//dZ/d )

adjective (a)

  • Occupied; employed; busy.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having ones attention or mind or energy engaged(adj.all)
    Example:
    Deeply engaged in conversation.
    Synonym:
    occupied
    source: wordnet30
  • involved in military hostilities(adj.all)
    Example:
    The desperately engaged ships continued the fight.
    source: wordnet30
  • reserved in advance(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    booked, set-aside
    source: wordnet30
  • (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)(adj.all)
    Example:
    Receptionists' telephones are always engaged.
    Synonym:
    busy, in use
    source: wordnet30
  • (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting(adj.all)
    Example:
    The gears are engaged.
    Synonym:
    intermeshed, meshed
    source: wordnet30
  • having services contracted for(adj.all)
    Example:
    The carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick.
    source: wordnet30
  • built against or attached to a wall(adj.all)
    Example:
    Engaged columns.
    source: wordnet30
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