ADJ
- previous, prior
- Mrs Spratt regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement
- important
- business, official, public, social
- dinner, lunch
VERB + ENGAGEMENT
- have
- keep
- It is important that I keep this engagement
- carry out (formal)
- The prime minister will carry out no official public engagements during the month of August
- cancel, fail to keep
- The president fell ill and was forced to cancel all public engagements
PREP
- ~ with
- He had an important engagement with his financial adviser
PREP
- ~ to
- He announced his engagement to his long-time girlfriend