Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
engage
English answer:
focus on or put your energy into
Added to glossary by
Stephanie Ezrol
Dec 19, 2011 15:15
12 yrs ago
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engage
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the meaning here is it "to use" or "to practice"?
Engage your ability to package ideas and present them in a turnkey way, not an abstract one.
Engage your ability to package ideas and present them in a turnkey way, not an abstract one.
Responses
| 3 +4 | focus on or put your energy into |
Stephanie Ezrol
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| 5 +1 | Use |
Ty Kendall
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Jan 3, 2012 01:27: Stephanie Ezrol Created KOG entry
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Native in: English
Works in: English, French to English, French Middle (ca.1400-1600) to English
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focus on or put your energy into
There is an important difference in meaning in engage rather than use or practice.
Engage calls on the mechanical sense of the meaning like to engage a gear. If you are engaged in a project, you are strongly focused on that work to the exclusion of other work; or perhaps even a better said you are engaged in a approach to some kind of work or activity to the exclusion of other approaches or ways of doing it.
Engage calls on the mechanical sense of the meaning like to engage a gear. If you are engaged in a project, you are strongly focused on that work to the exclusion of other work; or perhaps even a better said you are engaged in a approach to some kind of work or activity to the exclusion of other approaches or ways of doing it.
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6 mins
Use
No question about it.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-12-19 19:08:30 GMT)
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en·gage (n-gj)
v. en·gaged, en·gag·ing, en·gag·es
v.tr.
1. To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.
2. To arrange for the use of; reserve: engage a room. See Synonyms at book.
3. To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
4. To attract and hold the attention of; engross: a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
5. To win over or attract: His smile engages everyone he meets.
6. To draw into; involve: engage a shy person in conversation.
7. To require the use of; occupy: Studying engages most of my time.
8. To enter or bring into conflict with: We have engaged the enemy.
9. To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh: engage the automobile's clutch.
10. To give or take as security.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/engage
I think in the above context, any of the definitions which include "use" above (1,2 & 7) - especially 2 & 7 - more accurately point to the meaning of "engage" here.
Colloquially, in this context - it just means "use" as in the oft quoted phrase:
"Engage your brain before you open your mouth".
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en·gage (n-gj)
v. en·gaged, en·gag·ing, en·gag·es
v.tr.
1. To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.
2. To arrange for the use of; reserve: engage a room. See Synonyms at book.
3. To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
4. To attract and hold the attention of; engross: a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
5. To win over or attract: His smile engages everyone he meets.
6. To draw into; involve: engage a shy person in conversation.
7. To require the use of; occupy: Studying engages most of my time.
8. To enter or bring into conflict with: We have engaged the enemy.
9. To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh: engage the automobile's clutch.
10. To give or take as security.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/engage
I think in the above context, any of the definitions which include "use" above (1,2 & 7) - especially 2 & 7 - more accurately point to the meaning of "engage" here.
Colloquially, in this context - it just means "use" as in the oft quoted phrase:
"Engage your brain before you open your mouth".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Katalin Horváth McClure
: I think when it is together with "your ability", it is indeed "use", or "take advantage of", or if we want to use some management buzzwords, "leverage".
8 days
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