## Meanings
1. An agreement to marry, or the period before the wedding.
2. The state of being interested in and involved with something.
3. An arrangement to do something at a particular time, especially to speak or perform.

## Examples
- They announced their engagement at the family dinner.
- The teacher tried to increase the students' engagement in class.
- The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

## Synonyms
- action
- commitment

## Antonyms
- apathy
- disengagement

## Derived Forms
- disengagement
- nonengagement
- postengagement
- preengagement
- reengagement
- unengagement

## Related Forms
- battle
- campaign
- engage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: engagement

## Etymology
From French engagement. Equivalent to engage + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Engagement comes from French engagement. Equivalent to engage + -ment. In current use, the main senses are “An agreement to marry, or the period before the wedding” and “The state of being interested in and involved with something”.

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