Used in a Sentence

engage

How to use engage in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for engage.

Editorial note

"I prefer to engage with others as little when I enter a store.

Examples12
Definitions10
Parts of speech1

Quick take

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of engage gathered in one view.

verb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

verb

consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

verb

engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for engage.

verb

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

verb

consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

verb

engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

verb

ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

verb

get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"

verb

carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

verb

hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

verb

engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

Example sentences

1

"I prefer to engage with others as little when I enter a store.

2

If you choose to 'come out' of your office and engage with the family then that is your choice.

3

If they want to flush money down the toilet they might as well engage users in the process right?

4

Make sure your response isn't to engage in those behaviors yourself.

5

I get bored when I'm not engaged, and I have difficulty engaging with people because anxiety and stress make me shut down.

6

A consultancy or something where you get to work on different things in different places on short engagements.

7

Servo is a great example: Mozilla is willing to engage in fundamental CS research.

8

We're stuck together in the back of the truck for 20 minutes... I can either get a head start on my paperwork, or I can engage them in conversation.

9

Im writing this as a way of owning up to mistakes that were made on behalf of our company, as well as transparently engage the discussion here.

10

In the bad old days, lawyers on both sides would engage in a leisurely and expensive back and forth, knowing they'd both get paid out of the amount invested.

11

Quite often though industry biases will engage and they'll be put on duty keeping some legacy system alive because their deep knowledge of the system lets the company put 1 guy maintaining half a million lines of code in perpetuity vs. 10 young guys maintaining the same, who all wanting to leave after a few years to build more skills.

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Odds are the only thing you're doing when you use it and recommend it to your friends is creating a nice resume for some large company to do a "talent acquisition" Large companies love this -- they find a couple of guys who are able to identify and engage audiences and then they kill their product and stick them on some other product that the company wants pumped.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use engage in a sentence?

"I prefer to engage with others as little when I enter a store.

What does engage mean?

carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

What part of speech is engage?

engage is commonly used as verb.