English to English
engineer
(,/E/n/dZ//@/'n/i/r
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noun (n)
- a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- the operator of a railway locomotive(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering,
n. (noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- design as an engineer(verb.cognition)Example:
He engineered the water supply project.
source: wordnet30 - plan and direct (a complex undertaking)(verb.cognition)source: wordnet30
- To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.(verb)source: webster1913
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