• pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
• having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
• built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
• having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
• (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
• involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
• (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
• reserved in advance

'engaged' in other languages