engage
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
She pursued many activities
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pastime derivation
- pursuance derivation
- participation derivation
- pursuer derivation
Sense 2 verb
consume all of one's attention or time
Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
- occupation derivation
- intentness derivation
- preoccupancy derivation
- engrossment derivation
Sense 3 verb
engage or hire for work
They hired two new secretaries in the department
Types & categories
- featherbed hyponym
- fill hyponym
- engage hyponym
- ship hyponym
- sign up hyponym
- rat hyponym
- subcontract hyponym
Related & opposite
- give the axe antonym
- employment derivation
- hirer derivation
- employee derivation
- employer derivation
- employment derivation
Sense 4 verb
ask to represent; of legal counsel
I'm retaining a lawyer
Types & categories
- hire hypernym
Sense 5 verb
give to in marriage
Types & categories
- vow hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
get caught
make sure the gear is engaged
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- engagement derivation
Sense 8 verb
hire for work or assistance
engage aid, help, services, or support
Types & categories
Sense 9 verb
engage for service under a term of contract
We took an apartment on a quiet street
Types & categories
- get hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
keep engaged
engaged the gears
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastime |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pursuance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | participation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pursuer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | practice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | politick |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intentness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preoccupancy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | engrossment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | consume |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rivet |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | give the axe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hirer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employee |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | featherbed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | engage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ship |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subcontract |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hire |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | espousal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | betrothal |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | vow |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | disengage |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | meshing |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lock |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | engagement |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | put up |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | secure |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | recruit |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | renting |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | charter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | lease |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | renter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rent |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | term of a contract |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 10 | antonym | Related & opposite | disengage |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | interlock |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | operation |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | meshing |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | operation |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | flip |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | ride |