Engage

adjective

verb — past tense: engaged ; past participle: engaged ; present participle: engaging ;

1.: (INTRANSITIVE) (To pledge oneself, to enter into conflict, to begin to fight, to employ oneself) ចូលឬចាប់ធ្វើ (នយោបាយ, ជំនួញ ។ល។)
2.: (TRANSITIVE) (To take into one's employment, to promise, to pledge, to occupy the attention of, to pledge (oneself). to hire, to reserve, to keep busy, to enter into conflict with (the enemy), to interlock) នាំអោយចាប់ផ្ដើម, ជួល, ទាញ, ភ្ជាប់សន្យា, ចូលប្រយុទ្ធ, ដាក់លេខ (ឡាន) / នាំអោយជាប់, ដាស់តឿនល្បួងអោយគេជឿលើខ្លួន, ឃាត់, បង្ខាំង, រក្សាទុក, អោយគេទុកអោយ, ជាមុន, ទុកដោយឡែក, តម្កល់ទុក
Example: She was engaged as secretary.
3.: ជួល, ចូលប្រយុទ្ធ

ឃ្លាដែលទាក់ទង

ENGLISH MEANING

verb — past tense: engaged ; past participle: engaged ; present participle: engaging ;

1.: (TRANSITIVE) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
2.: (TRANSITIVE) To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
3.: (TRANSITIVE) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
4.: (TRANSITIVE) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
5.: (TRANSITIVE) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
6.: (TRANSITIVE) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
7.: (INTRANSITIVE) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
8.: (INTRANSITIVE) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
9.: (INTRANSITIVE) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
10.: (INTRANSITIVE) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

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