Hyphenation of engaged

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word engaged ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

en-gaged

Definitions of engaged :

1.	Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged She keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities Deeply engaged in conversation
2.	Involved in military hostilities The desperately engaged ships continued the fight
3.	Reserved in advance
4.	(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line) Her line is busy Receptionists' telephones are always engaged The lavatory is in use Kept getting a busy signal
5.	(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting The gears are engaged Meshed gears Intermeshed twin rotors
6.	Having services contracted for The carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
7.	Built against or attached to a wall Engaged columns

Synonyms of engaged :

adj	occupied, busy
adj	involved
adj	booked, set-aside, reserved
adj	busy, in use, occupied
adj	meshed, intermeshed, geared
adj	employed
adj	connected
adj	affianced, bespoken, betrothed, pledged, attached, committed

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.