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engaging

UK/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/US/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
adjectiveC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,067 of 15,258leans written

Engaging means charming, and holding your attention. An engaging manner, an engaging speaker, engaging and warm.

It is about the effect on other people rather than any quality in itself: an engaging speaker is one you keep listening to. It is mild praise and slightly formal, and it is one of the safest compliments in a reference.

Definitions of engaging

  1. 1adjectiveengagingCharming, and holding your attention.C1

    “Our new history teacher is so engaging that nobody looks at their phone in class.”

engaging is a quality.

Practise this word

engaging in the wild

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    Dogging (sexual slang)

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    Skin-walker

  • Muhammad stayed at Buwat for some time and left without engaging in combat.

    Patrol of Buwat

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.