engagement

English Wikipedia has an article on:

engagement

Wikipedia

From French engagement.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
• Hyphenation: en‧gage‧ment

• Audio (US):

  (file)

engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)

1. (countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.

   The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

   prior engagement

   a future engagement

2. (countable, uncountable) Connection or attachment.

   Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

3. (uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.^[1]
   • 2012, James Price Dillard, Lijiang Shen, The SAGE Handbook of Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice:

     In a recent study with a movie recommendation site […] , higher message interactivity in the form of footprints of user actions, responsive suggestions in a search box, and live-chatting with an online agent led to greater perceived contingency and engagement with the site, which ultimately created more positive attitudes toward it and higher intention to recommend the site to others.

4. (countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.

   We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

5. (countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

   The engagement resulted in many casualties.

6. (fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

   After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

7. (Internet, countable) A performance metric representing an instance where a user interacts with a post after an impression.
   1. (uncountable) The quantitative response to a post; attention.

• commitment
• action

• apathy
• disengagement

From engager (“to commit”) +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. commitment
2. engagement

• “engagement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. (Jersey) engagement