ENGAGEMENT

(noun) employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
"the play had bookings throughout the summer"
synonyms : booking
(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga", "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
synonyms : battle , conflict , fight
(noun) the act of giving someone a job
synonyms : employment
(noun) the act of sharing in the activities of a group
"the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
synonyms : involution , involvement , participation
(noun) a mutual promise to marry
synonyms : betrothal , troth
(noun) contact by fitting together
"the engagement of the clutch", "the meshing of gears"
synonyms : interlocking , mesh , meshing
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
synonyms : appointment , date

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