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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
engagement
1. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (Freq. 6) - Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga - he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement • Syn: battle, conflict, fight • Derivationally related forms: engage, fight (for: fight), battle (for: battle) • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: military action, action • Hyponyms: Armageddon, pitched battle, naval battle, combat, armed combat, dogfight, assault • Instance Hyponyms: Battle of Britain, Drogheda • Part Holonyms: war, warfare 2. a meeting arranged in advance (Freq. 2) - she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date • Syn: date, appointment • Derivationally related forms: date (for: date) • Hypernyms: meeting, get together • Hyponyms: blind date, double date, tryst, rendezvous • Member Meronyms: date, escort 3. a mutual promise to marry (Freq. 2) • Syn: betrothal, troth • Derivationally related forms: engage • Hypernyms: promise • Hyponyms: ringing 4. the act of giving someone a job (Freq. 1) • Syn: employment • Derivationally related forms: engage, employ (for: employment) • Hypernyms: action • Hyponyms: shape-up, call-back, booking, reservation 5. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time (Freq. 1) - the play had bookings throughout the summer • Syn: booking • Derivationally related forms: book (for: booking) • Hypernyms: employment, work • Hyponyms: gig 6. contact by fitting together - the engagement of the clutch - the meshing of gears • Syn: mesh, meshing, interlocking • Derivationally related forms: mesh (for: meshing), mesh (for: mesh), engage • Hypernyms: contact, impinging, striking 7. the act of sharing in the activities of a group - the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities • Syn: participation, involvement, involution • Ant: non-involvement (for: involvement), nonparticipation (for: participation), non-engagement • Derivationally related forms: involve (for: involution), involve (for: involvement), participate (for: participation), engage • Hypernyms: group action • Hyponyms: commitment, intervention, intercession, group participation
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