engaged

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

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But for now it's from a less engaged position.

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Quick take

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

adjective

involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

adjective

reserved in advance

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for engaged.

adjective

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

adjective

involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

adjective

reserved in advance

adjective

(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"

adjective

(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

adjective

having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

adjective

built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"

Example sentences

But for now it's from a less engaged position.

Most people engaged in artisanal work are now in what we call 3rd world countries and make zilch.

The challenge you've briefly engaged with isn't a problem; it's a market opportunity.

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

Where he went from being a passionately engaged team member to being a comfortably-paid code monkey.

I thought this is basic knowledge of everyone technically engaged in Internet stuff.

Here, the result would turn on the ability to show that the parties sued are in fact engaged in false or deceptive advertising.

Twittering on the internet and feeding outrage to each other, but never actually getting engaged to solve real issues.

The most dangerous and stupid meme percolating in pop tech culture is that the people engaged with tech culture have a unique claim to computer science, electrical engineering, cryptography, information security, and privacy technology.

By the end of \n kindergarten, the Montessori children performed better on standardized \n tests of reading and math, engaged in more positive interaction on \n the playground, and showed more advanced social cognition and \n executive control.\n\nTL;DR: Montessori kids turn out better on many measures when controlling for "bright parents".

This is the sort of person that I want to be engaged with:* highly opinionated* driven by personal interest* not afraid to go down the worm hole and come up with little public recognition and enormous personal gainThis is the sort of project that makes me grin:* highly engrossing project page* mysterious motivations* unknown implications* legally ambiguousI love this shit.