Word: engagement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: en
gage
ment
Definition: The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
Morphemes:
Affix: en-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: an intensifier; a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in-
Language: la
Decoded: in-
Meaning: in, into
Affix: gage
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.