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{
"term": "engagement",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an agreement to marry somebody; the period during which two people are engaged",
"sensetop": "engagement (to somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their engagement was announced in the local paper."
},
{
"text": "She has **broken off her engagement** to Charles.",
"contextForm": "engagement (to somebody)"
},
{
"text": "an engagement party"
},
{
"text": "a long/short engagement"
},
{
"text": "He announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["long", "broken"],
"verb + engagement": ["announce", "celebrate", "break"],
"engagement + noun": ["ring", "party"],
"preposition": ["engagement to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an arrangement to do something at a particular time, especially something official or something connected with your job",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **engagement book/diary**"
},
{
"text": "He has a number of social engagements next week."
},
{
"text": "It was her first **official engagement**."
},
{
"text": "I had to refuse because of a **prior engagement**."
},
{
"text": "I don't keep an engagement diary these days."
},
{
"text": "It is important that I keep this engagement."
},
{
"text": "The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements."
},
{
"text": "The chairman will carry out no official public engagements during the month of August."
},
{
"text": "Mrs Meyer regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement."
},
{
"text": "He had an important engagement with his financial adviser."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["previous", "prior", "important"],
"verb + engagement": ["have", "keep", "carry out"],
"preposition": ["engagement with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "being involved with somebody/something in an attempt to understand them/it",
"sensetop": "engagement (with somebody/something)engagement (in something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.",
"contextForm": "engagement (with somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "the lack of engagement in politics",
"contextForm": "engagement (in something)"
},
{
"text": "Her church promoted civic engagement."
},
{
"text": "Higher education can contribute to civic engagement."
},
{
"text": "his serious intellectual engagement with this issue"
},
{
"text": "the decline in political engagement"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["constructive", "effective", "active"],
"verb + engagement": ["encourage", "promote", "facilitate"],
"preposition": ["engagement in", "engagement with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "fighting between two armies, etc.",
"labels": "(specialist)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The general tried to avoid an engagement with the enemy."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "an arrangement to employ somebody; the process of employing somebody",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The terms of engagement are to be agreed in writing."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/",
"audio": "en/engagement/engagement__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/",
"audio": "en/engagement/engagement__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘a legal or moral obligation’): French, from engager ‘to pledge’."
}