Noun

(en noun)

An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced

* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=W. B. Yeats, title=The Celtic Twilight, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=These strange openings and closings and knockings were warnings and reminders from the spirits who attend the dying. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Carson Jay Lee, title=Oswald Langdon, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=There was no response to continued knockings . }}

* {{quote-news, year=2006, date=July 21, author=Keith Harris, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Bob Mehr, Miles Raymer, Neil Tesser, title=The Treatment, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=Recorded live to CD with new instrumentation--artillery shells, tuned suspension cables, boxes filled with springs--and deemphasized guitar parts, it's a beautiful collection of echoes and whispers, drones and knockings , with a gently swelling sense of the sinister. }}

Noun

(wikipedia engagement) (en noun)

(countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform

The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

(uncountable) connection or attachment

Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

(countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised

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

In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

The engagement resulted in many casualties.

(fencing) 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 .