Engage
verb
To take part in something or start doing it.
The students engaged in a group discussion.
Often appears as...
- engage in discussion
- engage in battle
verb
To hire someone and make them promise to work for you.
I engaged a lawyer to handle my case.
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- engage a lawyer
- engage an expert
verb
To keep a person interested or focused on something.
A good teacher engages the students in the learning process.
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- engage the audience
- engage students
verb
To enter into conflict or combat with, usually a formal one.
The army was ordered to engage the enemy.
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- engage the enemy
- engage in combat
verb
To bind oneself, as by a promise or contract.
They got engaged last week.
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- engage to marry
- engage oneself
verb
To take part in something or start doing it.
The students engaged in a group discussion.
Often appears as...
- engage in discussion
- engage in battle
verb
To hire someone and make them promise to work for you.
I engaged a lawyer to handle my case.
Often appears as...
- engage a lawyer
- engage an expert
verb
To keep a person interested or focused on something.
A good teacher engages the students in the learning process.
Often appears as...
- engage the audience
- engage students
verb
To enter into conflict or combat with, usually a formal one.
The army was ordered to engage the enemy.
Often appears as...
- engage the enemy
- engage in combat
verb
To bind oneself, as by a promise or contract.
They got engaged last week.
Often appears as...
- engage to marry
- engage oneself
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Use to emphasize active involvement in an activity, not just being present.
He engaged wholeheartedly in the charity work.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often used with activities involving multiple people working together.
They engaged in a community project.
Pro Tip 3/3Voluntary Action
Implies that the action is taken willingly or by choice.
She engaged in learning Spanish.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Use to emphasize active involvement in an activity, not just being present.
He engaged wholeheartedly in the charity work.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often used with activities involving multiple people working together.
They engaged in a community project.
Pro Tip 3/3Voluntary Action
Implies that the action is taken willingly or by choice.
She engaged in learning Spanish.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Participation
Use to emphasize active involvement in an activity, not just being present.
He engaged wholeheartedly in the charity work.
Pro Tip 2/3Group Activities
Often used with activities involving multiple people working together.
They engaged in a community project.
Pro Tip 3/3Voluntary Action
Implies that the action is taken willingly or by choice.
She engaged in learning Spanish.
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helps us create vivid mental simulacra of the experiences the characters are having. Stage and screen engage some of our senses directly. We see and hear the interactions of the characters and the setting. But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background.
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The benefits of a...
Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter that contains most of your brain's neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life
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The language of lying —...
"I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to, or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby."
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Upgrading management...
this far but it's going to require progressive and empathetic leaders combined with the right tools to reengage that 70% so that collectively we can work on all the important issues we're going to hear about here on the Ted stage thank you
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Why do we love? A...
to protect and isolate ourselves. Love's delight, intimacy, and warmth helps us overcome our fear of the world, escape our lonely shells, and engage more abundantly in life. Love enriches our whole being, making it the best thing in life.
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
are just trying to make it on the streets. And we also found out that some of the most intelligent and creative and magnificent and wise people that we've ever met were on the street, engaged in a struggle.
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Army Ants Rampage...
Within minutes, it's torn apart at its joints. The more the prey struggles, the more the ants engage. Right across the raid front,
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The Timbuktu Job PIPE...
without his inspiration in his instigation I was engaged I was never afraid
Video examples
How playing an...
Playing a musical instrument engages practically every area of the brain at once, especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices. As with any other workout, disciplined, structured practice in playing music strengthens those brain functions, allowing us to apply that strength to other activities.
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
The problem is that oil molecules are wearing gigantic ballgowns, and they're way bigger than water molecules. So, when an oil molecule gets pulled in, their size is really disruptive to the dance and the random exchange of partners that the waters engage in, a very important part of the dance.
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
helps us create vivid mental simulacra of the experiences the characters are having. Stage and screen engage some of our senses directly. We see and hear the interactions of the characters and the setting. But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
Some of these are even visible, such as higher density of the grey matter that contains most of your brain's neurons and synapses, and more activity in certain regions when engaging a second language. The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life
Video examples
The language of lying —...
"I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to, or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby."
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Upgrading management...
this far but it's going to require progressive and empathetic leaders combined with the right tools to reengage that 70% so that collectively we can work on all the important issues we're going to hear about here on the Ted stage thank you
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
to protect and isolate ourselves. Love's delight, intimacy, and warmth helps us overcome our fear of the world, escape our lonely shells, and engage more abundantly in life. Love enriches our whole being, making it the best thing in life.
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
are just trying to make it on the streets. And we also found out that some of the most intelligent and creative and magnificent and wise people that we've ever met were on the street, engaged in a struggle.
Video examples
Army Ants Rampage...
Within minutes, it's torn apart at its joints. The more the prey struggles, the more the ants engage. Right across the raid front,
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The Timbuktu Job PIPE...
without his inspiration in his instigation I was engaged I was never afraid
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.
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Zhou Qunfei
Chinese Businesswoman
In the village where I grew up, a lot of girls didn't have a choice of whether to go to middle school. They would get engaged or married and spend their entire life in that village.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
I do enjoy fielding in the deep and I enjoy engaging with the crowd.
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David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.
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David Brock
American Author
I want an audience that's passionate, that can be engaged.
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Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.
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Nina Tassler
American Businesswoman
Audiences need to engage with characters.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can't package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.
Quote examples
Zhou Qunfei
Chinese Businesswoman
In the village where I grew up, a lot of girls didn't have a choice of whether to go to middle school. They would get engaged or married and spend their entire life in that village.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
My marriage is incredibly important to me. It's the place from which I engage in the world every day, and the place to which I return every day.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
I do enjoy fielding in the deep and I enjoy engaging with the crowd.
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David Ogden Stiers
American Actor
It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character.
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David Brock
American Author
I want an audience that's passionate, that can be engaged.
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Jim Yong Kim
South Korean Public Servant
I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.
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Nina Tassler
American Businesswoman
Audiences need to engage with characters.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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