en·gi·neer
ˌen-jə-ˈnir 
1
: a member of a military group devoted to engineering work
2
obsolete
: a crafty schemer : plotter
3
a
: a designer or builder of engines
b
: a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering
c
: a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance
4
: a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus
engineered; engineering; engineers
1
: to lay out, construct, or manage as an engineer
engineer a bridge
2
a
: to contrive or plan out usually with more or less subtle skill and craft
engineer a business deal
b
: to guide the course of
engineer a rally
3
: to modify or produce by genetic engineering
corn engineered to resist crop pests
Synonyms
Examples of engineer in a Sentence
Noun
Design engineers are working on ways to make the cars run more efficiently.
The engineer stopped the train.
Army engineers were called in to construct the canal.
Verb
The rebels engineered a successful attack.
the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
The helicopter was originally only planned to operate for 30 days, taking up to 5 test flights, but engineers were delighted to find that Ingenuity carried on functioning long past this deadline.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year in April, Yoshida engineered the repurchase of the U.S. brand’s assets.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
At the beginning of the project, TSMC sent some 600 engineers to train in Taiwan.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
The helicopter was originally only planned to operate for 30 days, taking up to 5 test flights, but engineers were delighted to find that Ingenuity carried on functioning long past this deadline.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
Rakowski’s immediate reward for his efforts was getting to watch the last 10 and a half minutes from the sideline as his backup, Knox Kiffin, engineered two more scoring drives, ending on runs of five yards by Christian Reis and 72 yards by Soren Hong.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year in April, Yoshida engineered the repurchase of the U.S. brand’s assets.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engineer. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.
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engineer
1 of 2 noun
en·gi·neer
ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r
1
: a member of a military group devoted to engineering work
2
a
: a designer or builder of engines
b
: a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering
3
: a person who runs or supervises an engine or technical machinery
engineer
2 of 2 verb1
: to plan, build, or manage as an engineer
2
: to guide the course of
engineer a rally
Medical Definition
engineer
transitive verb
en·gi·neer
ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r
: to modify or produce by genetic engineering
insulin made by genetically engineered bacteria—Technical Survey
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