| VERB | social | engage, prosecute, pursue | carry out or participate in an activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | engage, absorb, engross, occupy | consume all of one's attention or time | |
| social | engage, hire, employ | engage or hire for work | |
| social | engage | ask to represent | |
| communication | engage, betroth, affiance, plight | give to in marriage | |
| change | engage | get caught | |
| social | engage, wage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | |
| possession | engage, enlist | hire for work or assistance | |
| possession | engage, lease, rent, hire, charter, take | engage for service under a term of contract | |
| contact | engage, mesh, lock, operate | keep engaged |
| Sounds | ehngey'jh | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | age ... wage: 25 rhymes with eyjh... | |
| Meaning | carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "They engaged in a discussion" | |
| Synonyms | prosecute, pursue | |
| Narrower | close | Engage at close quarters |
| commit, practice | Engage in or perform | |
| politick | Engage in political activities | |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | perseguir, proseguir | |
| Catalan | perseguir, prosseguir | |
| Nouns | engagement | the act of sharing in the activities of a group |
| Meaning | Consume all of one's attention or time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They engage themselves; The performance is likely to engage Sue | |
| Synonyms | absorb, engross, occupy | |
| Narrower | consume | Engage fully |
| involve | occupy or engage the interest of | |
| rivet | hold (someone's attention) | |
| Broader | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| Spanish | absorber, atraer, ocupar | |
| Catalan | absorbir, atraure, atreure, ocupar | |
| Meaning | Engage or hire for work. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | hire, employ | |
| Narrower | engage | ask to represent |
| featherbed | hire more workers than are necessary | |
| fill | appoint someone to (a position or a job) | |
| rat | employ scabs or strike breakers in | |
| ship | hire for work on a ship | |
| sign, contract, sign on, sign up | Engage by written agreement | |
| subcontract, farm out, job | Arranged for contracted work to be done by others | |
| Opposite | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate | Terminate the employment of |
| Spanish | contratar, emplear | |
| Catalan | col·locar, contractar, ocupar | |
| Nouns | engagement | the act of giving someone a job |
| Meaning | ask to represent; of legal counsel. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | hire, engage, employ | Engage or hire for work |
| Spanish | contratar | |
| Meaning | Give to in marriage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | betroth, affiance, plight | |
| Broader | vow | make a vow |
| Spanish | comprometerse, contraer esponsales, desposar, prometerse | |
| Catalan | comprometre's, prometre's | |
| Nouns | engagement | a mutual promise to marry |
| Meaning | Get caught. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "make sure the gear is engaged" | |
| Narrower | lock | Become rigid or immoveable |
| Broader | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| Opposite | disengage | Become free |
| Spanish | engranar | |
| Catalan | engranar | |
| Nouns | engagement | contact by fitting together |
| Meaning | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | wage | |
| Narrower | put up, provide, offer | mount or put up |
| Broader | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
| Spanish | librar | |
| Nouns | engagement | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
| Meaning | hire for work or assistance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Example | "engage aid, help, services, or support" | |
| Synonym | enlist | |
| Narrower | recruit | seek to employ |
| Broader | procure, secure | Get by special effort |
| Spanish | contratar, emplear, reclutar | |
| Meaning | Engage for service under a term of contract. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | lease, rent, hire, charter, take | |
| Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
| Spanish | alquilar, arrendar, contratar | |
| Catalan | arrendar, llogar | |
| Meaning | Keep engaged. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "engaged the gears" | |
| Synonyms | mesh, lock, operate | |
| Narrower | ride | Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot |
| throw, flip, switch | Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Opposite | disengage, withdraw | Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
| Spanish | engranar | |
| Catalan | encaixar, engranar | |
| Nouns | engagement | contact by fitting together |
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