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adjective

1. Involved in activity or work: busy, employed, occupied. See action/inaction.
2. Pledged to marry: affianced, betrothed, intended, plighted. See marriage/unmarried.

adj

Definition: operating; busy
Antonyms: disengaged, inoperable, not working

adj

Definition: promised to be married
Antonyms: available, uninvolved

Attached (or apparently attached) to a wall by being partly embedded or bonded to it; for example, an engaged column.

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IN BRIEF: Promise to marry. Also: To be involved in an activity.

This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. — Alan Watts (1915-1973).

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as in: going to be married
sign description: The E-handshape cirlces over and then lands upon the back of the ring finger.

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For a list of words related to engaged, see:

• Marriage and Divorce - engaged: (adj) describing one who has announced an intent to marry

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beskæftiget, reserveret, forlovet, optaget, engageret, fæstnet

idioms:

• be engaged in    være travlt beskæftiget med
• become engaged    blive forlovet
• engaged tone    optagetone
• get engaged    blive forlovet, blive engageret

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezig, verloofd, verwikkeld zijn, ingebed (architectuur), in elkaar gegrepen

Français (French)
adj. - fiancé, occupé (un siège), retenu, pas libre (un taxi), (GB) occupé (des toilettes), occupé (une ligne téléphonique), pris (une personne)

idioms:

• be engaged in    être occupé
• become engaged    se fiancer à
• engaged tone    tonalité de ligne occupée
• get engaged    se fiancer à/avec

Deutsch (German)
adj. - beschäftigt, verlobt, besetzt

idioms:

• be engaged in    sich befassen mit
• become engaged    sich verloben mit
• engaged tone    Besetztzeichen
• get engaged    sich verloben mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αρραβωνιασμένος, απασχολημένος, (για κάθισμα, τηλεφωνική γραμμή κ.λπ.) κατειλημμένος, καπαρωμένος

idioms:

• be engaged in    καταπιάνομαι, απασχολούμαι με
• become engaged    αρραβωνιάζομαι
• engaged tone    σήμα κατειλημμένης (τηλεφωνικής κ.λπ.) γραμμής
• get engaged    αρραβωνιάζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
occupato, fidanzato

idioms:

• be engaged    essere occupato, essere preso, essere fidanzato
• be engaged in    occuparsi di
• become/get engaged to    fidanzarsi con
• engaged tone    segnale di occupato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - noivo, empenhado, ocupado

idioms:

• be engaged    estar ocupado
• be engaged in    estar empenhado
• become/get engaged to    ficar noivo de
• engaged tone    sinal (m) de ocupado no telefone (Brit.)

Русский (Russian)
обрученный, занятый, занимающий определенную позицию

idioms:

• be engaged    быть занятым (о телефоне)
• be engaged in    заниматься чем-либо
• become/get engaged to    обручиться
• engaged tone    частые гудки

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ocupado, prometido

idioms:

• be engaged in    entablar, ocuparse de, dedicarse a
• become engaged    prometerse con, formalizar el noviazgo con
• engaged tone    señal de ocupado
• get engaged    prometerse con, formalizar el noviazgo con

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förlovad, upptagen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
忙碌的, 使用中的

idioms:

• be engaged in    从事于
• become engaged    订婚了
• engaged tone    占线音, 忙音
• get engaged    订婚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 忙碌的, 使用中的

idioms:

• be engaged in    從事於
• become engaged    訂婚了
• engaged tone    佔線音, 忙音
• get engaged    訂婚

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 계약된, 약혼중인, 바쁜, 교전중인, 맞물리는

idioms:

• be engaged in    종사하다
• get engaged    약혼하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 従事して, 婚約している, 話し中で, ふさがって, 予約済みで, 予約済みの, 婚約中の

idioms:

• be engaged    たずさわる
• be engaged in    従事する
• become/get engaged to    契約する, 婚約する
• engaged tone    話中音

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خاطب, مشغول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עסוק, מאורס, לא פנוי, תפוס‬

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