#💡 #🟠 # engagement ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Feb 25, 2024</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Feb 25, 2024</small> 🏷️ > [!info] Definition from [Oxford Languages](https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en) > **en-gage-ment** > *noun* > 3. the action of engaging or being engaged > **en-gage** > *verb* > 1. occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention) > 2. participate or become involved in > - establish a meaningful contact or connection with > > ORIGIN: late Middle English (formerly also as _ingage_ ): from French _engager_, ultimately from the base of [gage](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sa=X&sca_esv=3635b46398af957c&sca_upv=1&biw=911&bih=876&q=gage&si=AKbGX_p11GTjV-sToDBfT3--HQl254lLt-cropoW9tmQykMgUoS6sTchnYAm4Lis8EtK3Ufosip3rPXx8X41AlQnPfTtdjgPvA%3D%3D&expnd=1)1. The word originally meant ‘to pawn or pledge something’, later ‘pledge oneself (to do something’), hence ‘enter into a contract’ (mid 16th century), ‘involve oneself in an activity’, ‘enter into combat’ (mid 17th century), giving rise to the notion ‘involve someone or something else’. Excitement, energy, and enthusiasm for the pursuit of something. --- ## Sources [[Sparked - Fields 2021]] ##### Linked Ideas (using the [Idea Compass]) > [!question]- North - Upstream > - Where does X come from? > - What is its origin? > - What belief does X support? > - What domain exists an order of magnitude higher? zoom out > - What gave birth to X? > - What causes X? - [[purpose]] - [[meaningfulness]] - [[expressed potential]] > [!question]- West - Reinforcing > - What is similar to X? > - What other disciplines could X already exist in? > - What other disciplines could X benefit from? > - What are other ways to say/do X? - > [!question]- South - Downstream > - Where can X lead to? > - What does X contribute to? > - What group/category could X be the headline of? > - What domain exists an order of magnitude lower? zoom in > - What does X nurture? - [[flow]] - [[sparked]] > [!question]- East - Transformative > - What competes with X? > - What is the opposite of X? > - What is X missing? > - What is a disadvantage with X? > - What could supercharge X? -