engineer

An engineer is a person who uses science, math and creativity to solve technical problems. (noun)

An example of an engineer is a person who designs a low cost system to produce a specific product.

To engineer means to create, plan, build or design a solution or a process. (verb)

An example of to engineer is to create a new security software for a computer.

See engineer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Rare a person who makes engines
a person skilled or occupied in some branch of engineering: a mechanical engineer
1. a person who operates or supervises the operation of engines or technical equipment: a locomotive engineer, radio engineer
2. a specialist in planning and directing operations in some technical field
a skillful or clever manager
Mil. a member of a military engineering unit trained in the construction and demolition of bridges, roads, airfields, etc.

transitive verb

☆ to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer
☆ to plan and direct skillfully; superintend; guide (a measure, action, etc. through)

See engineer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ĕnˌjə-nîrˈ)

noun

transitive verb en·gi·neered, en·gi·neer·ing, en·gi·neers

To plan, construct, or manage as an engineer.
To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering: “Researchers . . . compared insulin manufactured by bacteria genetically engineered with recombinant DNA techniques to the commercial insulin obtained from swine or cattle” (Fusion).
To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver.

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