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to engage someone in conversation

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  • engage — en|gage [ ın geıdʒ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive FORMAL to attract and keep someone s interest or attention: A good radio script should be able to engage the listener. a ) to start to employ someone or use their services: The company is to engage a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • engage — [[t]ɪnge͟ɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ engages, engaging, engaged 1) VERB If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. [FORMAL] [V in n] I have never engaged in the drug trade... [V in n] You can engage in croquet on the south lawn. 2) …   English dictionary

  • engage in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms engage in : present tense I/you/we/they engage in he/she/it engages in present participle engaging in past tense engaged in past participle engaged in formal 1) engage in something to take part in a particular …   English dictionary

  • conversation — con|ver|sa|tion W2S1 [ˌkɔnvəˈseıʃən US ˌka:nvər ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin conversatio, from conversari; CONVERSE1] [U and C] an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts ▪ a telephone conversation …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • engage — en|gage W3 [ınˈgeıdʒ] v formal [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: engager, from gage something given as a promise ] 1.) [I always + preposition] to be doing or to become involved in an activity engage in/on/upon ▪ Only 10% of American adults… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • engage — [c]/ɛnˈgeɪdʒ / (say en gayj), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (engaged, engaging) –verb (t) 1. to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person, etc.): she engaged him in conversation. 2. to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire: to engage a worker;… …  

  • engage — verb /ɪnˈɡeɪʤ/ a) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied. Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out. b) To draw into conversation. They were engaged last month! Theyre planning to have the wedding next year …   Wiktionary

  • chat someone up — (informal) FLIRT WITH, make advances to; informal come on to; dated make love to, set one s cap at, romance. → chat * * * informal engage someone in flirtatious conversation ■ talk persuasively to someone, esp. with a particular motive …   Useful english dictionary

  • chat someone up — informal engage someone in flirtatious conversation. → chat …   English new terms dictionary

  • look right through someone — look right through (someone) to behave as if you do not see someone. He tried to engage the woman next to him in conversation, but she looked right through him. Usage notes: usually said of someone who is trying to ignore someone else …   New idioms dictionary

  • enfranchise — verb (T) 1 to give a group of people the right to vote opposite disenfranchise 2 to free a slave enfranchisement, noun (U) engage /In geIdZ/ verb formal 1 (T) to attract someone and keep their interest: The new toy didn t engage the child s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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