engaged

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

意味: 婚約している、忙しい

例文: Lena engaged to mysterious cookie prince.
　　  レナが謎のクッキー王子と婚約。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: engaged couple(婚約中のカップル), engaged in(従事している), engaged to(婚約している)

定義: 婚約している状態や、何かに従事している状態を指します。例えば、結婚の約束をしたり、仕事や活動に熱心に取り組んでいることを表します。電話が話し中の時にも使われます。

engagedは約30,000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
Adjective: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
Adjective: involved in military hostilities
Adjective: reserved in advance
Adjective: (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
Adjective: (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
Adjective: having services contracted for
Adjective: built against or attached to a wall

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She engaged in the discussion with great enthusiasm and insight.(彼女は大きな熱意と洞察を持って議論に参加しました。)
I’m so excited; he finally engaged with my ideas!(私はとても興奮しています。彼がついに私のアイデアに関わってくれました！)
The committee engaged experts to ensure a thorough evaluation of the project.(委員会はプロジェクトの徹底的な評価を確保するために専門家を招きました。)

 

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
Adjective: she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
Adjective: deeply engaged in conversation
Adjective: the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
Adjective: her line is busy
Adjective: receptionists’ telephones are always engaged
Adjective: the lavatory is in use
Adjective: kept getting a busy signal
Adjective: the gears are engaged
Adjective: meshed gears
Adjective: intermeshed twin rotors
Adjective: the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
Adjective: engaged columns

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): absorb, affiance, betroth, booked, busy, charter, employ, engage, engaged, engross, enlist, hire, in use, intermeshed, lease, lock, mesh, meshed, occupied, occupy, operate, plight, prosecute, pursue, rent, set-aside, 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, busyness, 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): ed

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

TOEIC700

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, joy, positive, trust