Usually means: Participates or becomes involved in.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 12 dictionaries that define the word engages:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. engages: Merriam-Webster
  2. engages: Collins English Dictionary
  3. engages: Vocabulary.com
  4. Engage's, Engages, engages: Wordnik
  5. engages: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. engages: Wiktionary
  7. engages: Dictionary.com
  8. engages: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. engages: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. engages: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. engages: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. engages: Idioms

(Note: See engage as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (engage)

verb:  To interact socially.
verb:  (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To draw into conversation.
verb:  To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
verb:  To interact antagonistically.
verb:  (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
verb:  (intransitive) To enter into battle.
verb:  To interact contractually.
verb:  (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
verb:  (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
verb:  To interact mechanically.
verb:  To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
verb:  (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
verb:  (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To entangle.
▸ Also see engage


Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:




Words similar to engages

Usage examples for engages

Idioms related to engages

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near engages

Rhymes of engages

Invented words related to engages

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux