Engage | Mean of engage in English Dictionary

/ɪnˈgeɪʤ/

• Verb
• to hire (someone) to perform a particular service
1. He was engaged as a tutor.
2. I suggest you engage the services of a lawyer. [=I suggest you hire a lawyer]
• to get and keep (someone's attention, interest, etc.)
1. He sure can engage an audience.
2. The story engaged my interest.
• to start fighting against (an opponent)
1. The troops prepared to engage the enemy.
2. The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.

• to move (a mechanism or part of a machine) so that it fits into another part
1. He engaged the clutch and drove away.
2. As I released the clutch, the gears engaged.
• to do (something)
1. At college she engaged in various sports.
2. We don't engage in that sort of behavior.
• to cause (someone) to take part in (something)
1. She engaged him in conversation. [=she started a conversation with him]
• to give serious attention to (someone or something)
1. The book fails to engage with the problems of our time.
2. a teacher who will not engage with the students