architect
ar·chi·tect
- 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.
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 technicarchitect
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 InformalTo 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.architect
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”).
