architect

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noun

An architect is defined as a person who plans or designs something and leads to its creation.
An example of an architect is a person who creates a plan for a group of boys to skip school.
The definition of an architect is a professional who creates designs for buildings, bridges and other structures.
Frank Lloyd Wright is an example of an architect.

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architect

a person whose profession is designing and drawing up plans for buildings, bridges, etc. and generally supervising the construction
any similar designer in a specialized field: a naval architect
any planner or creator: the architects of our Constitution

Origin of architect

Classical Latin architectus from Classical Greek architekt?n from archi-, chief + tekt?n, carpenter: see technic

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architect

noun

One who designs and supervises the construction of buildings or other large structures.
One that plans, devises, or organizes something: a country that was the war's chief architect.

transitive verb

ar·chi·tect·ed, ar·chi·tect·ing, ar·chi·tects Informal

To plan, organize, and bring to fruition: architected a web-based application.

Origin of architect

Latin architectus from Greek arkhitektōn arkhi- archi- tektōn builder ; see teks- in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(plural architects)

A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)

To design, plan, or orchestrate.
He architected the military coup against the government.

Origin

Middle French architecte, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitektōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (tektōn, “builder”).

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