engaged vs in the field

engaged

adj
  • Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet. 

  • Greatly interested. 

  • Busy or employed. 

  • attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway 

  • (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls. 

  • being attacked or attacking 

  • Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other. 

  • Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”) 

  • in contact and in operation 

in the field

prep
  • Actively engaged in fighting or dealing with the enemy; in battle or on maneuvers. 

  • Away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; working with people or things in their natural environment. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, field. 

  • In a real-world setting, as opposed to the controlled conditions of a laboratory or the hypothesized parameters of a theoretical approach. 

How often have the words engaged and in the field occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )