The Clue
Usual wedding precursor (10 letter answer)
The Answer
ENGAGEMENT
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Notes
The answer ENGAGEMENT is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
ENGAGEMENT as a noun:
1. (battle, conflict, fight, engagement) = a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
2. (date, appointment, engagement) = a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
3. (betrothal, troth, engagement) = a mutual promise to marry
4. (employment, engagement) = the act of giving someone a job
5. (engagement, booking) = employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
6. (engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking) = contact by fitting together; "the engagement of the clutch"; "the meshing of gears"
7. (engagement, participation, involvement, involution) = the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"