engaged

Definition

  • adjective: promised to be married
  • adjective: involved in activity
  • synonyms: occupied, employed, busy

Examples

  • He won't be able to attend because he's 'otherwise engaged'. [=he is busy doing something else]

  • ('US') He is 'engaged' in research. = ('Brit') He is 'engaged' on research.

  • She 'engaged' him 'in' conversation. [=she started a conversation with him]

Movie quotes

  • (..) If you had any cultural inclinations this evening. You have a grand gift of silence, Watson, it makes you quite invaluable as a companion. I knew she'd been engaged. She told me. So that's, no to the opera then. That was my waistcoat. I thought we agreed it's too small for you. (..)
    2009 Sherlock Holmes
  • (..) Pearls, diamonds, flawless rubies. Hardly the gems of a governess . However, the jewls you are not wearing, tell us rather more. - Holmes! - You were engaged. The ring has gone, but the lighter skin suggests that you spent some time abroard proudly that is until you were (..)
    2009 Sherlock Holmes