engineer
♦ en|gi|neer /'endʒɪn'ɪər/ (engineers engineering engineered)
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An engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain engines and machines or structures such as roads, railways, and bridges.
see also chemical engineer, civil engineer, sound engineer, sound engineer
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An engineer is a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.
They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.
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An engineer is a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea.
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When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods.
Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.
...the car's better designed and engineered rivals.
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If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way.
Some people believe that his murder was engineered by Stalin.chemi|cal en|gi|neer (chemical engineers)
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A chemical engineer is a person who designs and constructs the machines needed for industrial chemical processes.civ|il en|gi|neer (civil engineers)
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A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.elec|tri|cal en|gi|neer (electrical engineers)
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An electrical engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain electrical devices.sound en|gi|neer (sound engineers)
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A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use sound mixer)struc|tur|al en|gi|neer (structural engineers)
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A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.
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An engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain engines and machines or structures such as roads, railways, and bridges.
see also chemical engineer, civil engineer, sound engineer, sound engineer
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An engineer is a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.
They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.
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An engineer is a person who is responsible for maintaining the engine of a ship while it is at sea.
4 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
When a vehicle, bridge, or building is engineered, it is planned and constructed using scientific methods.
Many of Kuwait's spacious freeways were engineered by W S Atkins.
...the car's better designed and engineered rivals.
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If you engineer an event or situation, you arrange for it to happen, in a clever or indirect way.
Some people believe that his murder was engineered by Stalin.chemi|cal en|gi|neer (chemical engineers)
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A chemical engineer is a person who designs and constructs the machines needed for industrial chemical processes.civ|il en|gi|neer (civil engineers)
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A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.elec|tri|cal en|gi|neer (electrical engineers)
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An electrical engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain electrical devices.sound en|gi|neer (sound engineers)
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A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use sound mixer)struc|tur|al en|gi|neer (structural engineers)
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A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.