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engineer

[ en-juh-neer ]

noun

  1. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering:

    a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.

  2. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine.
  3. Also called locomotive engineer. Railroads. a person who operates or is in charge of a locomotive.
  4. a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work.
  5. Digital Technology. a person skilled in the design and programming of computer systems:

    a software engineer;

    a web engineer.

  6. a skillful manager:

    a political engineer.



verb (used with object)

  1. to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer:

    He's engineered several big industrial projects.

  2. to design or create using the techniques or methods of engineering:

    The motor has been engineered to run noiselessly.

  3. to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance:

    He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.

engineer

/ ˌɛԻɪˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person trained in any branch of the profession of engineering
  2. the originator or manager of a situation, system, etc
  3. a mechanic; person who repairs or services machines
  4. the driver of a railway locomotive
  5. an officer responsible for a ship's engines
  6. Informal namesapper a member of the armed forces, esp the army, trained in engineering and construction work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to originate, cause, or plan in a clever or devious manner

    he engineered the minister's downfall

  2. to design, plan, or construct as a professional engineer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲe··Ա noun
  • ܲe··Ա adjective
  • ɱ-g·Ա adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of engineer1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; engine + -eer; replacing Middle English engin(e)our, from Anglo-French engineor, Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ԲԾٴǰ, from ԲԾ() “to design, devise” (derivative of ingenium “nature, innate quality, mental power, clever invention”; engine ) + Latin -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of engineer1

C14: enginer, from Old French engigneor, from engignier to contrive, ultimately from Latin ingenium skill, talent; see engine
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The officers who died were three pilots, one engineer and two mechanics, police confirmed.

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Felix de la Rosa, 64, a chemical engineer from the state of Coahuila, which borders Texas, says he visits the monument every time he’s in Mexico City.

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Some will remain and help work through the engineering challenges involved in the project.

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“Everybody just wanted to argue what to call these things,” Ben Lamm, an entrepreneur in software engineering who is one of Colossal’s two co-founders, told me.

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It's also a remarkable feat of engineering, that will see segments of the tunnel placed on top of the seafloor, and then joined together.

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