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ENGAGING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attracting or delighting
Example:
a piquant face with large appealing eyes
Synonyms:
engaging; piquant
Classified under:
Similar:
attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb engage
Context examples:
The mesylate salt of an iron-chelating agent that binds free iron in a stable complex, preventing it from engaging in chemical reactions.
(Deferoxamine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)
An iron-chelating agent that binds free iron in a stable complex, preventing it from engaging in chemical reactions.
(Deferoxamine, NCI Thesaurus)
Serve me right for engaging a man with such a face.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes and I had no difficulty in engaging a bedroom and sitting-room at the Crown Inn.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Clinical specialists demonstrate an in-depth understanding of complex pediatric health care by engaging in education, case management, expert clinical practice, consultation, research and administration.
(Pediatric nurse specialist, NCI Thesaurus)
Individuals with a promotion focus are concerned with pursuing positive outcomes, for example engaging in healthy behaviours, while those with a prevention focus will seek to prevent negative consequences, for example by avoiding unhealthy behaviours.
(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Engaging in at least 2.5 hours of physical activity per week may have beneficial effects on markers of Alzheimer's disease brain changes and may delay cognitive decline in people who carry a genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's disease.
(Rare Alzheimer's Disease Patients May Delay Cognitive Decline with Exercise, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These manners did not please Catherine; but he was James's friend and Isabella's brother; and her judgment was further bought off by Isabella's assuring her, when they withdrew to see the new hat, that John thought her the most charming girl in the world, and by John's engaging her before they parted to dance with him that evening.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Sir Nigel's shield was broken, his crest shorn, his armor cut and smashed, and the vizor torn from his helmet; yet he sprang hither and thither with light foot and ready hand, engaging two Bretons and a Spaniard at the same instant—thrusting, stooping, dashing in, springing out—while Alleyne still fought by his side, stemming with a handful of men the fierce tide which surged up against them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She is the prettiest and most engaging little fairy in the world.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
