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engages

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ɪn - ˈɡeɪdʒ -> engages

Myanmar meaning

(v[sg]) ငှား

Full entry

engaged /Çn'geÇdʒd/adj

၁။ ~ (on/upon sth); ~ (with sb/sth) မအား[သော]။ (ဧည့်သည်စသည်) တွေ့လျက်ရှိ[သော]။ ချိန်းထားပြီးဖြစ်[သော]။
I can't come to dinner on Tuesday; I'm otherwise engaged (ie I have already arranged to do something else). ❍ The manager is engaged with a client at the moment. ❍ He is now engaged on his first novel.
၂။ (Brit ) (US busy ) တယ်လီဖုန်း လိုင်းမအား[သော]။ Sorry! That number's engaged. ❍ the engaged tone/signal (ie the sound that indicates that a telephone line is engaged).
၃။ ~ (to sb) (လက်ထပ်ရန်) စေ့စပ်ထား[သော]။ She's engaged to Peter. ❍ They're engaged (to be married) (ie to each other). ❍ We're getting engaged. ❍ an engaged couple.
၄။ (အိမ်သာ၊ ရေချိုးခန်း)မအား[သော]၊ လူရှိ[သော]။
CompareVACANT ၁
❏ engaging adj ဆွဲဆောင်မှုရှိသော။
an engaging smile/manner/person.
engagingly adv

More examples

[engaged in] : Her team knew they were engaged in work of great importance.
How long have you been engaged?
[engaged to] : She’s engaged to someone she met at work.
[become/get engaged] : We got engaged about this time last year.
The number’s engaged.

Synonyms

busy, occupied, unavailable, absorbed, affianced, asked for, at work, being used, betrothed, bound, committed, connected with, contracted, dealing in, deep, doing, employed, engrossed, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked, immersed, in place, in use, intended, intent, interested, involved, matched, operating; busy, performing, pinned, pledged, plighted, practicing, preoccupied, promised, pursuing, rapt, ringed, signed, spoken for, steady, tied up, working, wrapped up

Antonyms

available, bored, disengaged, disinterested, free, idle, inactive, inoperable, not working, uninterested, uninvolved, unoccupied

Cross references

busy occupied unavailable absorbed affianced asked for at work being used betrothed bound committed connected with contracted dealing in deep doing employed engrossed future given one's word going steady hooked immersed in place in use intended intent interested

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