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I think the hardest thing I've had to learn is that just because people might speak a certain way in real life doesn't mean it's engaging in the theater.
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Meaning of "engaging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENGAGING

engaging  [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGAGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Engaging is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ENGAGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of engaging in the English dictionary

The definition of engaging in the dictionary is pleasing, charming, or winning.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENGAGING


ageing
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
aging
ˈeɪdʒɪŋ
bridging
ˈbrɪdʒɪŋ
cottaging
ˈkɒtɪdʒɪŋ
damaging
ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ
discouraging
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
disparaging
dɪˈspærɪdʒɪŋ
encouraging
ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ
haemorrhaging
ˈhemərɪdʒɪŋ
imaging
ˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ
managing
ˈmænɪdʒɪŋ
messaging
ˈmɛsɪdʒɪŋ
obliging
əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ
packaging
ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ
paging
ˈpeɪdʒɪŋ
pillaging
ˈpɪlɪdʒɪŋ
radiopaging
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈpeɪdʒɪŋ
raging
ˈreɪdʒɪŋ
staging
ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ
unageing
ʌnˈeɪdʒɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENGAGING

eng.
Engadine
engage
engaged
engaged tone
engagedly
engagement
engagement book
engagement ring
engager
engagingly
engagingness
engaol
engarland
engarrison
Engels
engender
engenderer
engenderment
engendrure

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENGAGING

blogging
bordraging
challenging
changing
document imaging
emerging
garaging
ging
hanging
instant messaging
lodging
magnetic resonance imaging
picture messaging
pound cost averaging
singing
text messaging
thermal imaging
unencouraging
vintaging
voyaging

Synonyms and antonyms of engaging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENGAGING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «engaging» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of engaging

Translation of «engaging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENGAGING

Find out the translation of engaging to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of engaging from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «engaging» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迷人的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atractivo
570 millions of speakers

English

engaging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आकर्षक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جاذبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

привлечение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cativante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকর্ষক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attrayant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menarik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einnehmend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人を引き付ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마음을 끄는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Makarya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tham gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈடுபாட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकर्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çekici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accattivante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wciągające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залучення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

angajarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελκυστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

innemende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

engagerande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

engasjerende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of engaging

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGAGING»

The term «engaging» is very widely used and occupies the 9.940 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGAGING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about engaging

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10 QUOTES WITH «ENGAGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word engaging.
1
Karen Armstrong
Pain is something that's common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren't engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester.
2
Camilla Belle
I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
3
Preet Bharara
We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.
4
Jayson Blair
I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.
5
David Blunkett
We must draw on our early roots and remind people why the Labour party was created and who it sought to represent. We have never been a sectional party promoting self-interest, but instead a force for engaging self-reliance and self-determination.
6
Shane Carruth
'Pierrot le Fou' is something I keep coming back to. It's so surreal but still really engaging - it proves narratives within narratives are a landscape that can be pursued well.
7
Tom Chatfield
I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how a challenge or task can be broken down and presented to make it as engaging as possible.
8
David Christian
You go to the cosmologists and ask how they tell the history of the universe; you go to the geologists, how do they tell the story of the earth, and the biologists, and then you string them together. And it turns out that when you string them together, if you do it carefully, there's a story that is coherent, engaging, fantastically interesting.
9
Paul Downs Colaizzo
I think the hardest thing I've had to learn is that just because people might speak a certain way in real life doesn't mean it's engaging in the theater.
10
Cliff Curtis
While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGAGING»

Discover the use of engaging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engaging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Engaging Humor
Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life
Elliott Oring, 2008
2
Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, ...
An inspiring guide for developing the Christian mind extols the crucial roll of Christian higher education in the intellectual and spiritual formation of believers.
Cornelius Plantinga, 2002
3
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating ...
This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues.
John C. Bean, 2011
4
Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early ...
Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education originates from the landmark 2000 Conference on Standards for Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Education.
Douglas H. Clements, Julie Sarama, Associate Edito DiBiase, 2003
5
The Engaging Museum: Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement
The Engaging Museum is a practical guide book for museums and students on museum studies courses on how to create the highest quality experience for museum visitors.
Graham Black, 2012
6
UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.
If this is "marketing," then the world would probably prefer whatever is the opposite of that. If you're ready to stop marketing and start engaging, then welcome to UnMarketing.
Scott Stratten, 2010
7
Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb
Rich with human detail and penetrating analysis, this insider account chronicles the remarkable negotiations between the United States and India after three nuclear devices shook the Thar Desert in 1998, initiating one of the most ...
Strobe Talbott, 2010
8
Engaging Young Readers: Promoting Achievement and Motivation
This volume demonstrates how promoting children's engagement with reading can greatly enhance reading achievement.
Linda Baker, Mariam Jean Dreher, John T. Guthrie, 2000
9
Engaging Anthropology
Engaging Anthropology makes an impassioned plea for positioning anthropology as the universal intellectual discipline. Eriksen has provided the wake-up call we were all awaiting.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, 2006
10
Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach
This second edition incorporates many insights and strategies the authors have learned while working with teachers to implement the Project Approach.
Lilian Katz, Sylvia C. Chard, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENGAGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term engaging is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greece's Syriza are 'extremists' engaging in 'fantasy politics …
Greece's governing Syriza party are “extremists” engaging in “fantasy politics”, a contender for the Labour leadership has said. Wading into the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
What OtterBox CMO Has Learned About Engaging Mobile Consumers
People are passionate about their smart phones. The devices have become indispensible to most of us and inseparable from us. This insight ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
Public Release: 9-Jul-2015 CWRU researchers link prenatal …
Public Release: 9-Jul-2015 CWRU researchers link prenatal cocaine exposure to adolescents engaging in sex by age 15. Case Western Reserve University. «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
4
Engaging men, boys crucial to end gender-based violence
“By engaging men we learn that when it comes to encouraging family planning, the reproductive health of women, decreasing the rates of ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
5
Engaging with public art
A dancer in the film segment of "Echoing Passages," shot by cinematographer Randall Iverson. The multi-art performance will take place at the ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
6
New insights for engaging Hispanic shoppers
Given that Hispanics are experiential shoppers, retailers can gain loyalty by engaging the family with targeted displays, in-store product ... «Supermarket News, Jul 15»
7
BUAPC conference will focus on engaging business community and …
BUAPC conference will focus on engaging business community and building partnerships. By: Uncredited. Thursday, Jul. 9, 2015 | Comments: 0. Print; E–mail ... «Brandon Sun, Jul 15»
8
Captain America, Procrastination and Engaging Kids in STEM
Captain America, Procrastination and Engaging Kids in STEM. Panelists at the U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference discuss using your ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
9
Cover Story: Engaging youth on their terms
Cover Story: Engaging youth on their terms. Jeremy Deutsch / Tri-Cities Now July 8, 2015 03:34 PM. Email; Print. • Coquitlam Now •. youth. ACCESS Youth ... «Coquitlam Now, Jul 15»
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Behind engaging sophomore LP, Dead Sara kicks off national tour …
“We tend to be a band's band,” said Dead Sara guitarist Siouxsie Medley, second from left, in a phone interview last week. The band headlines ... «Daily Herald, Jul 15»

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