engage

Synonyms:

prosecute, pursue

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commit, practice

engage in or perform

close

engage at close quarters

politick

engage in political activities

logroll

work toward the passage of some legislation by exchanging political favors such as trading votes

Type of:

act, move

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

Synonyms:

absorb, engross, occupy

Types:

involve

occupy or engage the interest of

consume

engage fully

rivet

hold (someone's attention)

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interest

excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

Synonyms:

employ, hire

Antonyms:

fire

terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate

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featherbed

hire more workers than are necessary

fill

appoint someone to (a position or a job)

engage

ask to represent; of legal counsel

ship

hire for work on a ship

contract, sign, sign on, sign up

engage by written agreement

contract out

assign a job to someone outside one's own business

rat

employ scabs or strike breakers in

farm out, job, subcontract

arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Type of:

employ, engage, hire

engage or hire for work

Synonyms:

affiance, betroth, plight

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vow

make a vow; promise

Antonyms:

disengage

become free

Types:

lock

become rigid or immoveable

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touch

make physical contact with, come in contact with

Synonyms:

wage

Types:

offer, provide, put up

mount or put up

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contend, fight, struggle

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Synonyms:

enlist

Types:

recruit

seek to employ

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procure, secure

get by special effort

Synonyms:

charter, hire, lease, rent, take

Type of:

acquire, get

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Synonyms:

lock, mesh, operate

Antonyms:

disengage

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

withdraw

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flip, switch, throw

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

switch on, turn on

cause to operate by flipping a switch

cut, switch off, turn off, turn out

cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch

ride

keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot

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displace, move

cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense