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engineer Definition

en·gi·neer (en′jə nir)

noun

  1. Now Rare a person who makes engines
  2. 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
  3. a skillful or clever manager
  4. Mil. a member of a military engineering unit trained in the construction and demolition of bridges, roads, airfields, etc.

Etymology: earlier enginer < ME enginour < OFr engigneur

transitive verb

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

engineer

n.

  1. A specialist in engineering

    surveyor, designer, planner, builder, inventor, technician, bridge monkey*, sights*, techie*. see also electronics, science 1.

    Types of engineers include: mining, civil, metallurgical, geological, atomic, nuclear, architectural, chemical, construction, stationary, military, naval, flight, pneumatic, hydraulic, marine, electronic, communications, electrical, mechanical, acoustic, design, manufacturing, industrial, research, developmental, systems;

  2. The operator of a locomotive

    driver, motorman, brakeman, stoker, fireman, engineman, hoghead*, hogger*, Casey Jones*, lokey man*, engine tamer*.

engineer Synonyms

engineer

v.

engineer Telecom Definition
A person skilled in the science of putting scientific knowledge to practical use, specifically in the design, planning, construction, or maintenance of manufactured things. Engineering is divided into branches such as chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, and software.
engineer Usage Examples

Object

  • crop: Overall, the use of genetically engineered crops in North America continues to increase.
  • organism: But once released into the environment genetically engineered organisms are there forever.

Converse of object

  • qualify: Delivery and Installation fully qualified engineers deliver and install to your exact specification.
  • appoint: Grand Union Regents Canal James Morgan He was appointed engineer with a salary of £ 1,000 a year.
  • practice: Intended Audience Participants will be practicing software engineers who already know and use Java.
  • consult: Lydney Canal William Whitworth He recommended Josias Jessop as consulting engineer for the canal.
  • reverse: Weak enforcement of intellectual protection laws enabled domestic producers to reverse engineer and imitate foreign technologies with little fear of prosecution.

Adjective modifier

  • chartered: Terry is a Chartered Engineer with a considerable range of industrial experience.
  • structural: He would have incorporated the structural engineer 's design into his drawings.
  • incorporated: This one year course is pending accreditation by the Institute of Incorporated Engineers.
  • civil: Now we wait for the civil engineers report on what needs to be done to fix it.
  • electrical: How many electrical engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
  • mechanical: The mechanical services engineer should be involved at the earliest possible stage.

Modifies a noun

  • researching: Electrical engineer Researching occupations - Need to find out more about a type of job?

Noun used with modifier

  • consulting: He subsequently became the consulting engineer for the Bridgewater Canal.
  • electronics: This role is not suited to a PC-based software developer or consumer electronics software engineer.
  • mining: Whiston Grange and Lane End House belonged to Frederick Parker Rhodes, local solicitor and his brother Charles a mining engineer.
  • highway: He proposed a national center to get the planners, architects, developers, housing professionals and even the highway engineers to work together.
  • software: She is a software engineer by profession, living in the Silicon Valley.
  • chemical: The chemical engineer said " Obviously, some constituent of the fuel has caused this failure to occur.
engineer Quotes

Yet her conception of God was certainly not orthodox. She felt towards Him as she might have felt towards a glorified sanitary engineer; and in some of her speculations she seems hardly to distinguish between the Deity and the Drains.

—Strachey, (Giles) Lytton

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