Thursday, February 15, 2024

How to express involvement, interest, attention to a particular subject, affair

TO INVOLVE /ɪnˈvɒlv/ [transitive]



TO CONCERN



TO ENGAGE /ɛnˈgeɪdʒ/ (formal)

1 [intransitive always + preposition] to be doing or to become involved in an activity [= to occupy oneself]

engaged with
  • What Can You Do to Protect yourself against dating application exploits? If people you’re engaging with online refuse to provide the same basic information they ask of you, move on.
  • The inner dialogue goes on, even when physically you are engaged with something else. It is not so easy to mentally separate oneself from the thoughts and words that flow through the mind. [Success Consciousness]
  • Add a question for your readers, a photo or a good link for further reading if your audience wants to learn more about what you are writing. These will help you engage with your reader and explore more English by reading. [English teacher John Whipple]
  • engaged in
  • In Japan, the NEET classification comprises people aged between 15 and 34 who are unemployed, not engaged in housework, not enrolled in school or work-related training and not seeking work.
  • The Western nations should not engage in a ground operation in Syria.
  • Do you engage in regular exercise or physical activity?
  • 2 [transitive] to attract someone's attention and keep them interested

  • A Marketers who works as brand manager knows that at the heart of every effective brand is an image that engages all the senses
  • engage somebody's interest/attention
  • The demonstration does not engage the interest of the audience
  • 3 [transitive] to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire:

  • In circuit switching, a physical path stays alive and engages the switches and the links for the duration of the connection.