Meanings
verbengage in (third-person singular simple present engages in, present participle engaging in, simple past and past participle engaged in)
present singular third person engages in · participle present engaging in · participle past engaged in · past engaged in
- transitiveTo start performing (an activity).
We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish ryhtyä
- ryhtyäto enter into an activity
Hungarian belefog
- belefogto enter into an activity
Irish téigh i mbun
- téigh i mbunto enter into an activity
Italian attivare, partecipare
- attivareto enter into an activity
- partecipareto enter into an activity
- aderireto enter into an activity
Polish angażować się, zaangażować się
- angażować sięto enter into an activity
- zaangażować sięto enter into an activity
Spanish activar, activarse
- activarto enter into an activity
- activarseto enter into an activity
- entablarto enter into an activity
- emprenderto enter into an activity
- iniciarto enter into an activity
- prestarseto enter into an activity
- acometerto enter into an activity
- participar ento enter into an activity
- involucrarse ento enter into an activity
- dedicarse ato enter into an activity
- estar involucrado ento enter into an activity
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APA
engage in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engage%20in
MLA
“engage in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engage%20in. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engage in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engage%20in.
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