engineer
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English engineour, from Old French engignier, from Medieval Latin ingeniarius, from ingenium (“an engine”), from in (“in”) + gignere (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genere; see ingenious.
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[edit] Noun
engineer (plural engineers)
- A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
- A person trained in a natural science that applies such knowledge towards a practical objective.
- A person who, given a practical scientific problem involving the physical world and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.
- A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).
[edit] Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "engineer": mechanical, electrical, civil, environmental, industrial, optical, nuclear, structural, chemical, military, electronic, professional, chartered, licensed, certified, qualified, skilled, great, talented, experienced.
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Person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering
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A person who finds a technical solution to a problem
Locomotive operator
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[edit] Verb
engineer (third-person singular simple present engineers, present participle engineering, simple past and past participle engineered)
- (transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
- (transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
- (transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
[edit] Translations
to work as engineer
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to do genetic engineering
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to plan or achieve a goal by contrivance or guile
[edit] External links
- engineer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- engineer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
