engineer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
engineer (plural engineers)
- A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
- (Philippines) A title given to an engineer.
- (chiefly, American) A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive). topics en
- (nautical) A person employed in the engine room of a ship.
- French: ingénieur, ingénieure
- German: Ingenieur, Ingenieurin
- Italian: ingegnere
- Portuguese: engenheiro, engenheira
- Russian: инжене́р
- Spanish: ingeniero
- Russian: инжене́р
- French: machiniste, conducteur de train
- German: Maschinist, Maschinistin, Lokomotivführer, Lokomotivführerin
- Italian: macchinista
- Portuguese: maquinista
- Russian: машини́ст
- Spanish: maquinista
engineer (engineers, present participle engineering; 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.
- (transitive) To control motion of substance; to change motion.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To work as an engineer.
- Spanish: manipular genéticamente
- Portuguese: maquinar
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