engineer

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪr/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/

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• Hyphenation: en‧gi‧neer

Noun

Singular engineer

Plural engineers

1. (countable) An engineer is someone who is paid to solve technical problems, or to help invent things.
2. (countable) An engineer is someone who drives a train.

Related words

• engine

Verb

Plain form engineer

Third-person singular engineers

Past tense engineered

Past participle engineered

Present participle engineering

1. (transitive) If you engineer something, you design or construct something.

   The man will engineer a new kind of car.

2. (transitive) If you engineer something, you make or alter something by genetic engineering.
3. (transitive) If you enginner something, you plan or achieve a goal with guile.