engaged
/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒd/ adjective
Also a form of engage
- adjective Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
- adjective Busy or employed.
- adjective Greatly interested.
- adjective (UK) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. “I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.”
- adjective (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- adjective (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- adjective (military) being attacked or attacking
- adjective (medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
Synonyms
affianced betrothed busy engagé occupied booked set-aside in use meshed intermeshed
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “engaged”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details