Word

engagement, n.
(engagements)
freq. cnt. 12

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 104 freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

battle conflict engagement fight

sample sentences

"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

battle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fight

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engage

semantic pointers

hypernym

action, military action

part holonym

war, warfare

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

hyponym

Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat, armed combat dogfight assault

instance hyponym

Battle of Britain Drogheda

a mutual promise to marry
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

betrothal engagement troth

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engage

semantic pointers

hypernym

promise

hyponym

ringing

a meeting arranged in advance
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

appointment date engagement

sample sentences

"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

date date

semantic pointers

hypernym

meeting, get together

hyponym

blind date double date tryst, rendezvous

member meronym

date, escort

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

booking engagement

sample sentences

"the play had bookings throughout the summer"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

book

semantic pointers

hypernym

work, employment

hyponym

gig

the act of giving someone a job
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

employment engagement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

employ

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engage

semantic pointers

hypernym

action

hyponym

shape-up call-back booking, reservation

the act of sharing in the activities of a group
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 4

engagement involution involvement participation