Engagement

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

An action; a fight; a battle.

The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"

the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

a mutual promise to marry

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"