engaged

engaged is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Engage. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Engage
2. adjective. Occupied; employed; busy.
3. adjective. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
4. adjective. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
5. adjective. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
6. adjective. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

   "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"

   "deeply engaged in conversation"

   Synonyms: occupied

7. adjective. built against or attached to a wall

   "engaged columns"

8. adjective. having services contracted for

   "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

9. adjective. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

   "the gears are engaged"

   "meshed gears"

   Synonyms: intermeshed, meshed

10. adjective. involved in military hostilities

    "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

11. adjective. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

    "her line is busy"

    "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"

    Synonyms: busy

12. adjective. reserved in advance

    Synonyms: booked

Synonyms

occupied, intermeshed, meshed, busy, booked

Common word forms

engage, engagedly, engagedness

Words from these letters

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