1. A meeting arranged in advance
   "They scheduled an engagement with the client for next week";
   - date, appointment, appt [informal]
    
2. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
   "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement";
   - battle, conflict, fight
    
3. A mutual promise to marry
   "Their engagement was announced at the family gathering";
   - betrothal, troth [archaic], betrothment
    
4. The act of sharing in the activities of a group
   "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities";
   - participation, involvement
    
5. The level of user interaction with online content, typically measured by metrics such as likes, comments, shares, and click-throughs
   "Their latest video had high engagement"; "The social media manager tracked post engagement rates"
    
6. The act of giving someone a job
   "Her engagement as a consultant was for a six-month period";
   - employment
    
7. Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
   "the play had engagements throughout the summer";
   - booking
    
8. Contact by fitting together
   "the engagement of the clutch";
   - mesh, meshing, interlocking

Derived forms: engagements

Type of: action, contact, employment, get-together, group action, impinging, meeting, military action, promise, striking, work

Antonym: non-engagement

Part of: war, warfare

Encyclopedia: Engagement