engagement

1. referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: action, military action - a military engagement
   subtypes:

   • armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle
   • pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
   • naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
   • armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
   • dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes
   • assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
   specific instances:

   • battle of britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
   • drogheda - in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
   is a part of: war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
   same as: battle, conflict, fight
2. is a type of: get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering
   subtypes:

   • blind date - a date with a stranger
   • double date - a date in which two couples participate
   • rendezvous, tryst - a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
   member holonym: date, escort - a participant in a date
   same as: appointment, date
3. is a type of: promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
   subtypes: ringing - the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
   same as: betrothal, troth
4. is a type of: action - something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   subtypes:

   • shape-up - a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired
   • call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff
   • booking, reservation - the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
   same as: employment
5. is a type of: employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid
   subtypes: gig - a booking for musicians
   same as: booking
6. is a type of: contact, impinging, striking - the physical coming together of two or more things
   same as: interlocking, mesh, meshing
7. is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
   subtypes:

   • commitment - an engagement by contract involving financial obligation
   • intercession, intervention - the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)
   • group participation - participation by all members of a group
   same as: involution, involvement, participation

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