Engage and Move

Engage

Engage verb - Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.

Usage example: They engaged in a discussion

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Move and engage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Move" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Move verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

Usage example: we were deeply moved by the program of patriotic music

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Engage and move are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Move".

Nearby Words: moving, moved, movement, mover, movable

unit	engage unit	move unit
number	engage number	move number
time	engage time	move time
way	engage way	move way
Other words: troops, ship, times, attacks, units, ships.

An armoured division in the US is going to take several weeks at best to move and engage an enemy (unless the Russians are hitting Long Island right now), even at DEFCON 1.

Source: Defcon Five
Stationary Wings: The Fire Demons have wings, but they're purely for looks and never move (except for when they first crawl up from the abyss in the background and jump onto the field to engage you).

Source: Video Game / Castle Crashers
This is meant to convey the idea that EXALT agents are embedded in regular society and work normal day jobs yet ready to move out and engage XCOM at a moment's notice.

Source: The Men in Black

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