Engagement
I would like to congratulate my dear friends Jens and Stina to their upcoming engagement. I am very happy for the both of them.
Personally I am not a big fan of it… I have been engaged to be married twice. I believe that it should be seen as in this use of the word
engagement – a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; “Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga”; “he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement”
It can of course also be seen to mean
1. The act of engaging or the state of being engaged.2. Betrothal.3. Something that serves to engage; a pledge.4. A promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time.5.a. Employment, especially for a specified time.b. A specific, often limited, period of employment.6. A hostile encounter; a battle.7. The condition of being in gear.
Synonyms: engagement, appointment, assignation, date1, rendezvous, tryst
Anyway, I am very happy for the both of you! You deserve the happiness I see between you two.
