different between engagement vs int

English

Etymology

From French engagement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??e?d??.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: en?gage?ment

Noun

engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)

1. (countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.

   The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

2. (uncountable) Connection or attachment.

   Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

3. (uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
4. (countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.

   We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

5. (countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

   The engagement resulted in many casualties.

6. (fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

   After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

Synonyms

• commitment
• action

Antonyms

• apathy

• disengagement

Derived terms

• engagement ring
• disengagement

Related terms

• engage

Translations

See also

• battle
• campaign

References

French

Etymology

engager +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a?.m??/

Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. commitment
2. engagement

Further reading

• “engagement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. (Jersey) engagement

English

Etymology 1

Noun

int (plural ints)

1. (programming) Clipping of integer.
2. Clipping of intelligence
3. Clipping of intermediate
4. Clipping of international
5. Clipping of interior (describing the location of a shot in a film script, etc.)

Usage notes

(programming): In many major programming languages, an int is a 32-bit signed integer.

Coordinate terms

• long

Etymology 2

Clipping of intentionally.

Verb

int (third-person singular simple present ints, present participle inting, simple past and past participle inted)

1. (intransitive, gaming) To intentionally throw a game or match, to deliberately die or lose (to harm one's team); (by extension) to die, to lose.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tint
• in't

Contraction

int (Yorkshire, colloquial)

1. it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't
2. is not; isn't

References

• int on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ITN, TIN, nit, tin

Breton

Etymology

Akin to Welsh hwynt.

Pronoun

int

1. they

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

int

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of innen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of innen

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin g?ns, gentem.

Noun

int f (plural ints)

1. people

See also

• popul

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?int]
• Rhymes: -int

Verb

int

1. (intransitive) to wave (wave one’s hand in greeting or departure)
2. (intransitive) to wave (signal with a waving movement)
3. (transitive) to beckon, motion (wave or nod to somebody indicating a desired movement)
   • 2012, Miklós Gábor Kövesdi (translator), Kathy Reichs, A csontok nem hazudnak (Deadly Décisions), Ulpius-ház ?ISBN, chapter 21, page 199:

     A kettes számú ?r végigpásztázott egy kézi fémkeres?vel, aztán intett, hogy kövessem. Kulcsok csörögtek az övén, miközben jobbra fordulva elindultunk egy folyosón.

     Guard number two swept me with a handheld metal detector, then indicated I should follow. Keys jangled on his belt as we turned right and headed down a corridor […].

4. (transitive, literary) to warn
5. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) to wink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (wave: wave one’s hand in greeting or departure): integet

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• int in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Maltese

Alternative forms

• inti

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?anta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt/

Pronoun

int

1. you (singular)

Inflection

Old Irish

Article

int

1. inflection of in:
   1. nominative singular masculine (before a vowel)
   2. genitive singular masculine/neuter (before ?)
   3. nominative singular feminine (before ?)
   4. nominative plural masculine (before ?)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From English int, abbreviation of integer.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??t??/

Noun

int m (plural ints)

1. (programming) int (integer variable)

Etymology 2

Adjective

int (invariable, comparable)

1. (lexicography) Abbreviation of intransitivo.

Swedish

Adverb

int

1. (colloquial, Finland, Northern Sweden, Dalecarlia) Alternative form of inte (“not”)

Anagrams

• nit, tin

Weri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /int/

Noun

int

1. bird

References

• Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2