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engineer (ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə
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Definitions
noun
- a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering
- the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc
- a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines
- (US & Canadian) the driver of a railway locomotive
- an officer responsible for a ship's engines
- Informal name: sapper. a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction work
verb
- to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious manner ⇒
he engineered the minister's downfall
- to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer
Word Origin
C14: enginer, from Old French engigneor, from engignier to contrive, ultimately from Latin ingenium skill, talent; see engineSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'engineer'
- British English: engineer An engineer is a person who designs, builds, and repairs machines, or structures such as roads, railways, and bridges.ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪə NOUN
- Arabic: مُهَنْدِس
- Brazilian Portuguese: engenheiro engenheira
- Chinese: 工程师
- Croatian: inženjer inženjerka
- Czech: inženýr inženýrka
- Danish: ingeniør
- Dutch: ingenieur
- European Spanish: ingeniero ingeniera
- Finnish: insinööri
- French: ingénieur
- German: Techniker Technikerin
- Greek: μηχανικός
- Italian: ingegnere
- Japanese: 技師
- Korean: 기술자
- Norwegian: ingeniør
- Polish: inżynier
- Portuguese: engenheiro engenheira
- Romanian: inginer ingineri
- Russian: инженер
- Spanish: ingeniero ingeniera
- Swedish: ingenjör
- Thai: วิศวกร
- Turkish: mühendis
- Ukrainian: інженер
- Vietnamese: kỹ sư
- British English: engineer When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods. VERBThe spacious freeways were engineered by him.
- Brazilian Portuguese: ser projetado
- Chinese: 设计制造设設计計制製造
- European Spanish: ejecutar
- French: réaliser
- German: konstruieren
- Italian: progettare e costruire
- Japanese: 設計する
- Korean: 설계되다
- Portuguese: ser projetado ser projectada
- Spanish: ejecutar
Example Sentences Including 'engineer'
' Ritchie, a printed circuit design engineer , is faced with finding a part-time job.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Berners-Lee left Oxford in 1976 and spent a few years as a software engineer.DOT.CON (2001)
Entertainment Television's The Anna Nicole Show: "Don't bother with a new designer, Anna, just hire a structural engineer.Globe and Mail (2003)
First, we need to engineer a cultural shift in the venture capital community, which must now pursue opportunities far more aggressively.Globe and Mail (2003)
He was a mining engineer , not a cop or a secret agent, he reminded himself.A Daystar of Fear
It was Munich's first public bath-house and was donated to the city by wealthy engineer Karl Muller.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Max Meerman, an engineer with UK company Surrey Satellites, says the glitch might cause other problems once Mars Express is in orbit.New Scientist (2003)
The reason I know about all these exotic things is that I once had a fling with a Telecom engineer.KICK BACK (2002)
You don't have to be an engineer or a metallurgist to recognize a hole that has been blown from the inside out.San Andreas
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