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engagement
Overview of noun engagement
The noun engagement has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (6) battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (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")
2. (2) date, appointment, engagement -- (a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date")
3. (2) betrothal, troth, engagement -- (a mutual promise to marry)
4. (1) employment, engagement -- (the act of giving someone a job)
5. (1) engagement, booking -- (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer")
6. engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking -- (contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears")
7. engagement, participation, involvement, involution -- (the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun engagement
7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
=> meeting, get together
=> social gathering, social affair
=> gathering, assemblage
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
betrothal, troth, engagement
=> promise
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> commitment, dedication
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
employment, engagement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
engagement, booking
=> employment, work
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun engagement
6 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> Armageddon
=> pitched battle
=> naval battle
=> combat, armed combat
=> dogfight
=> assault
HAS INSTANCE=> Battle of Britain
HAS INSTANCE=> Drogheda
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
=> blind date
=> double date
=> tryst, rendezvous
Sense 3
betrothal, troth, engagement
=> ringing
Sense 4
employment, engagement
=> shape-up
=> call-back
=> booking, reservation
Sense 5
engagement, booking
=> gig
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> commitment
=> intervention, intercession
=> group participation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun engagement
7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> military action, action
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
=> meeting, get together
Sense 3
betrothal, troth, engagement
=> promise
Sense 4
employment, engagement
=> action
Sense 5
engagement, booking
=> employment, work
Sense 6
engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
=> contact, impinging, striking
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> group action
Antonyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
Antonym of non-engagement (Sense 1)
=>non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
Member Holonyms of noun engagement
Substance Holonyms of noun engagement
Part Holonyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Member Meronyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
HAS MEMBER: date, escort
Substance Meronyms of noun engagement
Part Meronyms of noun engagement
Meronyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
HAS MEMBER: date, escort
Holonyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Attributes of noun engagement
Derived Forms of noun engagement
5 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#7
=> engage, wage
Sense 3
betrothal, troth, engagement
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#5
=> betroth, engage, affiance, plight
Sense 4
employment, engagement
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#3
=> hire, engage, employ
Sense 6
engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#10
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#6
=> engage
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
RELATED TO>(verb) engage#1
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
Domain of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Domain Terms of noun engagement
Familiarity of noun engagement
engagement used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun engagement
7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
> military action, action
=> amphibious landing
=> battle, conflict, fight, engagement
=> blockade, encirclement
=> defense, defence, defensive measure
=> electronic warfare, EW
=> police action
=> resistance
=> saber rattling, sabre rattling
=> sortie, sally
=> war, warfare
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
> meeting, get together
=> conventicle
=> date, appointment, engagement
=> visit
=> luncheon meeting, lunch meeting
=> power breakfast
=> seance, sitting, session
Sense 3
betrothal, troth, engagement
> promise
=> oath
=> parole, word, word of honor
=> betrothal, troth, engagement
=> pinning
=> rain check
Sense 4
employment, engagement
> action
=> thing
=> kindness, benignity
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> alienation
=> res gestae
=> course, course of action
=> interaction
=> fetch
=> playing
=> play, swordplay
=> arrival
=> performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> choice, selection, option, pick
=> change
=> economy, saving
=> prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
=> resistance, opposition
=> bruxism
=> transfusion
=> pickings, taking
=> transgression
=> aggression, hostility
=> destabilization, destabilisation
=> employment, engagement
=> reference, consultation
=> emphasizing, accenting, accentuation
=> beatification
=> jumpstart, jump-start
=> stupefaction
=> vampirism
Sense 5
engagement, booking
> employment, work
=> coaching, coaching job
=> engagement, booking
=> ministry
=> seafaring, navigation, sailing
=> workload
=> piecework
=> service
=> telecommuting, teleworking
=> services
=> public service
=> paper route
Sense 6
engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
> contact, impinging, striking
=> collision, hit
=> engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
=> flick
=> impact
=> touch, touching
Sense 7
engagement, participation, involvement, involution
> group action
=> vote
=> procession
=> military action, action
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> revolution
=> social activity
=> communalism
=> confederation, alliance
=> decolonization, decolonisation
=> disbandment
=> disestablishment
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> stampede
=> social control
=> coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover
=> internationalization, internationalisation
=> nationalization, nationalisation
=> exchange
=> rally, exchange
=> submission, compliance
=> competition, contention, rivalry
=> resistance
=> nonresistance
=> due process, due process of law
=> action
=> legalization, legalisation, legitimation
=> separation
=> integration, integrating, desegregation
=> cooperation
=> brainstorming
=> assembly, assemblage, gathering
=> attendance, attending
=> nonattendance
=> return, paying back, getting even
=> democratization, democratisation
=> engagement, participation, involvement, involution
=> non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement
=> ethnic cleansing
=> socialization, socialisation
HAS INSTANCE=> Restoration
Meronyms of noun engagement
7 senses of engagement
Sense 2
date, appointment, engagement
HAS MEMBER: date, escort
Holonyms of noun engagement
1 of 7 senses of engagement
Sense 1
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
PART OF: war, warfare
Grep of noun engagement
disengagement
engagement
engagement ring
non-engagement
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