ENGAGEMENTS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

engagements

noun

plural of engagement

as in betrothals

the act or state of being engaged to be married the fun couple recently announced their engagement

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disengagements

as in dates

an agreement to be present at a specified time and place a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar

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as in employments

the state of being provided with a paying job his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience

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Recent Examples of engagements Through the program, this year’s Rising Stars will connect with industry leaders and take part in the festival’s main activities, from panel discussions and media engagements to the red carpet. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2026 Her performance is one of the team’s top-performing pieces of content this season, with more than 4 million views and 200,000 engagements. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 The engagements in Nottingham come more than six years after the couple departed the United Kingdom for the United States and the years since have seen a public falling out with some members of the royal family. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 While Harry has appeared publicly at official engagements since the Sussexes' return, Thursday's engagements are a first for Meghan. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Now that Markle and Prince Harry are back in England, perhaps this first outing will serve as a statement on what to expect from other public engagements in the future. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 But just as in Vietnam, victory in most major battlefield engagements was not enough to secure the political objectives that the United States sought. — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 Most interestingly, its Hot Topics attracted over 128 million engagements, with brands rather than celebrities accounting for most of the platform’s top 10 topics, unlike in New York and London where celebrities led the conversation. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026 The pair’s return to joint engagements coincides with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to the UK, fueling speculation that William and Kate are keen to underline the importance of their public work and promote their causes. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Spring & Mulberry chocolate is notoriously good for gifting—the packaging is beautiful, and the brand uses the best of ingredients from direct-trade single-origin cacao and organic dates.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
Grindr is currently piloting bot-to-bot conversations to vet human dates.

— Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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Calculating the interest-earning potential of a high-yield savings or money market account over the short term is relatively straightforward, since the variable rate each employs isn't likely to move dramatically in just a few months.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Micron did not respond Thursday to questions about how many workers Crucial employs and whether they will be laid off or land jobs elsewhere at the company.

— Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025

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During the rendezvous with the space station, five thrusters in the capsule's service module failed, resulting in a temporary loss of full maneuverability.

— William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
That makes communications, navigation, orbital rendezvous, and mission logistics substantially harder.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

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Side effects may also occur and should be addressed through follow-up appointments.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
As a kid, Havi Nguyen sometimes missed school to translate at doctor’s appointments, and was managing Medicaid paperwork for herself and her sisters, on behalf of their parents who’d immigrated from Vietnam.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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