engage

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

意味: 従事する、関わる

例文: Momo engaged in stealth blanket war.
　　  モモがこっそり毛布戦争に突入。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: engage in (従事する), engage with (関わる), engage to (婚約する)

定義: 何かを始めたり、関わったりすることを意味します。例えば、会話に参加したり、活動に従事したりすることです。また、婚約するという意味もあります。

engageは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Verb: consume all of one’s attention or time
Verb: engage or hire for work
Verb: ask to represent; of legal counsel
Verb: give to in marriage
Verb: get caught
Verb: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Verb: hire for work or assistance
Verb: engage for service under a term of contract
Verb: keep engaged

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She will engage the audience with her speech.(彼女はスピーチで聴衆を引きつける。)
They engage in daily exercise to stay healthy.(彼らは健康のため毎日運動に取り組む。)
The company plans to engage new employees soon.(会社は近く新入社員を採用する予定だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: She pursued many activities
Verb: They engaged in a discussion
Verb: Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
Verb: They hired two new secretaries in the department
Verb: How many people has she employed?
Verb: I’m retaining a lawyer
Verb: make sure the gear is engaged
Verb: Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
Verb: engage aid, help, services, or support
Verb: We took an apartment on a quiet street
Verb: Let’s rent a car
Verb: Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Verb: engaged the gears

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): absorb, affiance, betroth, charter, employ, engage, engross, enlist, hire, lease, lock, mesh, occupy, operate, plight, prosecute, pursue, rent, take, wage

Antonyms(反意語): disengage, fire

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, contend, get, hire, interest, move, procure, touch, vow

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): absorb, accept, acquire, act on, advance, agitate, alternate, antagonize, anticipate, attack, bandy, battle, bear down, beat, begin, behave, betroth, blow, borrow, box, brandish, brush, buy, capture, catch, center, change hands, chase away, chicken-fight, circulate, coact, collect, come by, come close, come to the fore, condescend, continue, cope, copyright, court, create, dally, dandle, dare, deal, disarrange, dislocate, dispatch, displace, do well, drag, drive, drop, duel, earn, effect, egotrip, engage, enter upon, evade, exert, expel, exteriorize, fascinate, featherbed, feel, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fill, find, finger, finish up, fistfight, flick, fluctuate, force, funnel, gain, get, get around to, glide, glom, go, go ahead, go off half-cocked, guard, handle, herd, hit, hustle, inherit, interact, interrupt, isolate, jar, join battle, joust, kiss, lateralize, launch, lease, lift, line up, lord it over, lower, make a point, make bold, maneuver, misbehave, mobilize, mouth, obtain, overturn, palpate, partake, participate, partner, patent, perform, perpetrate, pick up, play, play it by ear, poll, pour, preempt, press, press down, press out, profess, profit, propel, prosecute, pull, pulse, pump, push, put, race, raise, rake, rampage, rat, react, receive, reciprocate, reclaim, recover, relocate, repeat, reward, rock, roll, rout out, run, rush, saltate, satisfice, scan, scuffle, send, separate, set about, settle, shift, ship, sign, singsong, sink, skim over, skirmish, slide, sling, slip, sneak, snog, spar, spill, stampede, station, stir, strike, stroke, subcontract, suborn, surprise, swear, swing, tag, take, take back, take care, take time by the forelock, toe, touch, tourney, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, try, tug, turn, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, use, volunteer, wait, war, wash, wedge, whistle, win back, wind, woo, woosh, work, wrestle

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): close, commit, consume, engage, featherbed, fill, involve, lock, politick, put up, rat, recruit, ride, rivet, ship, sign, subcontract, throw

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: absorption, betrothal, charter, employ, employee, employer, employment, engagement, engrossment, hirer, lease, mesh, meshing, occupation, operation, prosecution, pursuer, pursuit, rent, rental, renter

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: business, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): en

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: