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preengagement

preengagement noun: a prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.

Noun

preengagement (plural preengagements)

  1. A prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.
    • 1650s-1660s', Robert Boyle, Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy
      My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write.
    • unchangeable preengagement

Forms of preengagement

pluralpreengagements

Origin of preengagement

From pre- + engagement.

Questions about preengagement

What does preengagement mean?
Preengagement means a prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.
What part of speech is preengagement?
Preengagement is a noun.
What is the plural of preengagement?
The plural of preengagement is preengagements.

Words near preengagement in the dictionary

  1. preener
  2. preenergization
  3. preeners
  4. preengage
  5. preengaged
  6. preengagement
  7. preengagements
  8. preengages
  9. preengaging
  10. preengineer
  11. preening

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