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

  • (..) Seriously, were you raised in a barn? Ew. No, I was raised in a castle. So tell me, what made the Queen go all ice-crazy? Oh well, it was all my fault. I got engaged but then she freaked out because... I'd only just met him, you know, that day. And she said she wouldn't bless the marriage... Wait. You got engaged to someone you just met? Yeah. Anyway, I got mad and so she got mad. And then she tried to walk away, and I grabbed her glove... Hang on. You mean to tell me. You got engaged to someone you just met?! (..)
    2013 Frozen