engaged meaning and definition

ENGAGED adjective

Definition of engaged (adjective)

1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
   • "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
   • synonyms: occupied
2. involved in military hostilities
   • "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
3. reserved in advance
   • synonyms: booked, set-aside
4. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
   • "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
   • synonyms: busy, in use
5. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
   • "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
   • synonyms: intermeshed, meshed
6. having services contracted for
   • "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
7. built against or attached to a wall
   • "engaged columns"