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adjective(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)
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adjective(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
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adjectivehaving ones attention or mind or energy engaged
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adjectivereserved in advance
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adjectivebuilt against or attached to a wall
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adjectivehaving services contracted for
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adjectiveinvolved in military hostilities
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Examples of engaged
- "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"
- "the gears are engaged"
- "deeply engaged in conversation"
- "engaged columns"
- "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
- "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"