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Ali M Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

in the following phrase :

engage in child labor



which is the best meaning for engage in
1: induce to work
2: employ
3:to participate some in an activity 
  

Top answer

It's not possible to say without the entire sentence in which this phrase occurs. As an isolated phrase it could be 3. CJ

  • It's not possible to say without the entire sentence in which this phrase occurs.
  • As an isolated phrase it could be 3.
  • CJ
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It's not possible to say without the entire sentence in which this phrase occurs.

As an isolated phrase it could be 3.

CJ
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it comes after sequence of phrase in a sentence
they raise aphids as live stock,capture slaves,engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly.
that's the entire sentence
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Who are "they"? Ants?

CJ
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They induce the younger ants to work.

So I think the definition with "induce" is the closest.

CJ
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thank you again
One in six children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour in developing countries Percentage of children aged 5-14 engaged in child labour at the time of the …
as you can see it is also true about human ,a terrible shame
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catspodOne in six children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labour
In this case the definition is "employ". One in six ... are employed in ....

CJ

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