Engineer
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English
Noun
Engineer (plural Engineers)- A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
- A person trained in a natural science that applies such knowledge towards a practical objective.
- A person who, given a practical scientific problem involving the physical world and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.
- A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).
Notes
- Adjectives often applied to "engineer": mechanical, electrical, civil, environmental, industrial, optical, nuclear, structural, chemical, military, electronic, professional, chartered, licensed, certified, qualified, skilled, great, talented, experienced.
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Verb
Engineer (third-person singular simple present Engineers, present participle Engineering, simple past and past participle Engineered)
- (transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
- (transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
- (transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
Adjectives for Engineer
painstaking; consulting; self-styled; distinguished; research; topographical.
Verbs for Engineer
consult—; employ—; require—; —alters; —arranges; —bridges; —computes; —constructs; —contrives; —designs; —devises; —invents; —manages; —measures; — plans; —performs; —schemes; —suggests; —supervises ; —undertakes.
Thesaurus
Seabee, accomplish, achieve, act, aeronautical engineer, agent, agricultural engineer, ancestors, angle, apprentice, architect, arrange, artificer, artist, author, automotive engineer, be productive, be responsible for, begetter, beginner, brew, bring about, bring into being, bring to fruition, build, builder, cabal, call the signals, captain, carry on, cause, ceramic engineer, chemical engineer, civil engineer, clear, clear the hurdle, collude, combat engineer, come along, come on, command, communications engineer, complot, conceiver, concoct, conduct, conductor, connive, conspire, construct, constructor, contrive, contriver, control, cook up, countermine, counterplot, craftsman, creator, cut the mustard, designer, develop, devise, deviser, direct, discoverer, do, driver, effector, effectuate, electrical engineer, electronics engineer, engenderer, engine driver, engineman, execute, executor, executrix, father, finagle, finesse, founder, frame, frame up, fuel engineer, functionary, generator, geological engineer, gerrymander, get along, get by, get on, go on, govern, gripman, grower, hack it, handle, handler, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, head, head up, highway engineer, hogger, hoghead, hydraulic engineer, inaugurator, industrial engineer, industrialist, industrialize, initiator, instigator, institutor, intrigue, introducer, invent, inventor, jockey, journeyman, lay a plot, lead, lead on, machinate, make, make it, make out, make the grade, make the rules, maker, manage, manage somehow, maneuver, manipulate, manipulator, manufacturer, marine engineer, mass-produce, master, master craftsman, mastermind, mechanic, mechanical engineer, metallurgical engineer, metallurgist, military engineer, mother, motorman, muddle through, negotiate, nuclear engineer, officer, operant, operate, operative, operator, order, ordnance engineer, organize, organizer, originate, originator, overproduce, past master, perform, petroleum engineer, pilot, pioneer, plan, planner, play games, plot, power engineer, power-supply engineer, precursor, prescribe, prime mover, produce, producer, product engineer, pull strings, pull the strings, put over, put through, quarterback, radar engineer, radio engineer, raiser, realize, realizer, regulate, repairman, rig, rocket engineer, run, runner, sanitary engineer, sapper, sapper and miner, scheme, scrape along, set up, shaper, sire, skipper, smith, steam engineer, steersman, succeed in, swing, swing the deal, take command, take the lead, technician, ventilation engineer, volume-produce, wangle, water-supply engineer, work, worry along, wright
Etymology
From Middle English engineour < Old French engignier < Medieval Latin ingeniarius < ingenium (“an engine”) < in (“in”) + gignere (“to beget, produce”), OL. genere; see ingenious.
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External links
- Engineer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Engineer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
