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2 [C] an arrangement to meet someone or to do something: I can't see you on Monday because I have a previous/prior engagement. (=one made at an earlier time) 3 [C] especially tech a battle: Although it was only a short engagement, a lot of men were killed. 4 [U] the engaging (ENGAGE) of parts of a machine en'gagement party n a party to celebrate an engagement. Guests usually take a present which will be useful to the people getting married. en'gagement ring n a ring, usually containing precious stones, especially DIAMONDS, which a man gives to a woman when they decide to marry, and which she wears on the third finger of her left hand (the one to the left of the longest finger when you are looking at the back of your left hand) en.gag.ing /ɪn'geɪdʒɪŋ/ adj apprec charming: an engaging smile --ly adv
En.gels, Frie.drich /'eŋɡəlz, 'fri:drɪk, -ɪx/ (1820-95) a German political thinker and REVOLUTIONARY who, together with Karl Marx, wrote THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO and developed the political system of COMMUNISM en.gen.der /ɪn'dʒendə(r)/ v [T] fml to produce or be the cause of (a state, feeling etc): Racial inequality engenders conflict.
en.gine /'endʒɪn/ n 1 a piece of machinery with moving parts which changes power from steam, electricity, oil etc into movement: the engine of a car | a jet engine | engine trouble 2 also locomotive fml - a machine which pulls a railway train 3 -engined /endʒɪnd/ having an engine or engines of the stated kind or number: a twin-engined aircraft (=having two engines) | a diesel-engined car -> see also FIRE ENGINE'engine driver BrE || engineer AmE - n someone who drives a railway engine
en.gi.neer¹ /ˌendʒɪ'nɪə(r)/ n 1 a person who is professionally trained to plan the making of machines, roads, bridges, electrical equipment etc: an electrical/mechanical engineer 2 a skilled person who controls an engine or engines, especially on a ship: the chief engineer 3 AmE for ENGINE DRIVER engineer² v [T] 1 to arrange or cause by clever secret planning; CONTRIVE: He had powerful enemies who engineered his downfall. 2 [often pass.] to plan and make as an engineer does: This new jet engine is superbly engineered. en.gi.neer.ing /ˌendʒɪ'nɪərɪŋ/ n [U] the science or profession of an ENGINEER: She studied engineering at university. | an engineering firm -> see also CIVIL ENGINEERING En.gland /'ɪŋɡlənd/ 1 the largest country in Britain; capital London -> compare BRITAIN, UNITED KINGDOM 2 England expects that every man will do his duty quote a phrase used by Lord Nelson to his men just before the Battle of Trafalgar 3 England is a nation of shopkeepers quote a phrase from a work by Napoleon Bonaparte 4 If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England quote part of the poem The Soldier by Rupert Brooke which is associated with a very ROMANTIC image of England 5 lie back and think of England a phrase believed to have been used by Victorian teachers and mothers when they advised young women about what to do when their husbands had sex with them. The phrase is often used humorously now when something is happening to a person and they do not like it but have to accept it. 6 There'll always be an England the title and first line of a PATRIOTIC song 7 this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England quote a phrase from Shakespeare's play Richard II describing how beautiful England is 8 ... for England BrE spoken a humorous way of saying that someone does a lot or too much of a particular activity: 'Was Brian chatting you up?' 'You know Brian, he could flirt for England.' | They say men can't communicate, but Lee and his mates talk for England when they all get together. -> see map on page A1 En.glish¹ /'ɪŋɡlɪʃ/ n [U] 1 the language of Britain, the US, Australia, Canada, and several other countries 2 English language and literature as a subject of study: a professor of English 3 the English [P] people from England, or sometimes from all of Britain English² adj 1 from or connected with England or Britain: an English pub | My father is Scottish and my mother is English. 2 connected with the English language: English grammar | English lessons 3 infml from or connected with the UK. People sometimes say 'English' when they mean 'British': English companies English 'breakfast n BrE a large cooked breakfast consisting of BACON, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, TOAST etc with tea or coffee -> compare CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST; see also Cultural Note at BREAKFAST CULTURAL NOTE This meal is thought of as a typical English breakfast, but in fact not many English people eat a cooked breakfast every day. Hotels and BED AND BREAKFASTS in the UK usually serve a 'full English breakfast', which also includes CEREAL or fruit juice.
