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Noun
S:
(n)
battle (battle%1:04:00::)
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conflict (conflict%1:04:01::)
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fight (fight%1:04:01::)
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engagement (engagement%1:04:01::)
(a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war)
"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
S:
(n)
date (date%1:14:00::)
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appointment (appointment%1:14:00::)
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engagement (engagement%1:14:00::)
(a meeting arranged in advance)
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
S:
(n)
betrothal (betrothal%1:10:00::)
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troth (troth%1:10:02::)
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engagement (engagement%1:10:00::)
(a mutual promise to marry)
S:
(n)
employment (employment%1:04:02::)
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engagement (engagement%1:04:02::)
(the act of giving someone a job)
S:
(n)
engagement (engagement%1:04:05::)
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booking (booking%1:04:01::)
(employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time)
"the play had bookings throughout the summer"
S:
(n)
engagement (engagement%1:11:00::)
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mesh (mesh%1:11:00::)
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meshing (meshing%1:11:00::)
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interlocking (interlocking%1:11:00::)
(contact by fitting together)
"the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
S:
(n)
engagement (engagement%1:04:00::)
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participation (participation%1:04:00::)
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involvement (involvement%1:04:00::)
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involution (involution%1:04:02::)
(the act of sharing in the activities of a group)
"the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"