Definition of engineer

noun (n)

• a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems (noun.person)

  Synonym: applied scientist, technologist
  

  source: wordnet30
• the operator of a railway locomotive (noun.person)

  Synonym: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer
  

  source: wordnet30
• A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• design as an engineer (verb.cognition)

  Example:
  He engineered the water supply project.
  

  source: wordnet30
• plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize
  

  source: wordnet30
• To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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