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engagement

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt/

A2CEFR level
15/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The point at which the widest part of the presenting foetal head has passed into the pelvic brim.

On palpation the head was two-fifths palpable, indicating good engagement.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics in Medical English

Business noun

A single, defined piece of contracted consulting work for a client, from kickoff to final delivery.

It was a twelve-week engagement to redesign their supply chain.

Similar: project, assignment

Topic: Consulting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Midwifery & obstetrics