The meaning of Engineer

noun

A person who is qualified to design buildings and to plan and supervise their construction.

Usage examples:

An architect takes into consideration all of the constraints involved in building a house

verb

A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.

Usage examples:

The great norman architect of durham cathedral

noun

A person who designs new buildings and is responsible for how they are built

Usage examples:

Doug and wendy worked with an architect to create their dream home., fig. president roosevelt was t…

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Put into a proper or systematic order

verb

To plan or make preparations for something or for something to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] he arranged a meeting between the two leaders., [ + to infinitive ] my friends arranged to ea…

noun

A skilled mechanic in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

The separate pay scales for artificers / technicians and for other branches will disappear.

phrasal verb

Be successful; achieve a goal

phrasal verb

To succeed in doing something difficult

Usage examples:

Terry brought off the presentation without a hitch.

phrasal verb

To succeed in doing something difficult

Usage examples:

It was an important event, and she's managed to bring it off brilliantly.

noun

A person who constructs something by putting parts or material together.

Usage examples:

A boatbuilder

noun

A person or company whose job is to build things

Usage examples:

Local builders and craftsmen were hired to work on the museum's restoration project., a house/plane…

noun

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Usage examples:

The cause of the accident is not clear

verb

Make (something, especially something bad) happen.

Usage examples:

This disease can cause blindness

conjunction

Short for because.

verb

Compose the sequence of steps and moves for (a ballet or other performance of dance).

Usage examples:

The ballet was choreographed by diaghilev

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

verb

To arrange for something to happen or be done by being smart or deceiving others

Usage examples:

[ i ] he somehow contrived to get tickets for the concert., [ t ] the two of them are contriving a …

noun

A person or thing that directs or regulates something.

Usage examples:

The controller of bbc television programmes

noun

A person or thing that brings something into existence.

Usage examples:

James bond's creator ian fleming

noun

A person who creates something

noun

A person who plans the look or workings of something prior to it being made, by preparing drawings or plans.

Usage examples:

A leading car designer

adjective

Made or designed by a famous and prestigious fashion designer.

Usage examples:

Designer clothes

adjective

Artificially created or modified (especially by genetic engineering) to have a particular appearance, function, or composition.

Usage examples:

Designer drugs

noun

A person or thing that develops something.

Usage examples:

A property developer

noun

A person or company that makes money by buying land and building new houses, stores, or offices on it

Usage examples:

Real estate developers

noun

A person or company that makes money by buying land and building new houses, stores, or offices on it

Usage examples:

The bill would prevent a developer from building thousands of homes near the canyon., he is one of …

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

Usage examples:

The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

noun

A person who drives a vehicle.

Usage examples:

A taxi driver

noun

Someone who drives a motor vehicle

Usage examples:

A bus driver

noun

Someone who drives a vehicle

Usage examples:

You may get nothing in an accident if the other driver is uninsured., a bus/lorry/truck driver, a p…

noun

A person who invents or produces something false in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

He’s an admitted plagiarist and fabricator., she will fight to prove that she is not a fabricator.,…

noun

A person who puts together or installs machinery, engine parts, or other equipment.

Usage examples:

A qualified gas fitter

adjective

Of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose.

Usage examples:

The house was not fit for human habitation

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

noun

A person who handles or deals with certain articles or commodities.

Usage examples:

A baggage handler

noun

A person who trains and takes care of animals, esp. as a job

Usage examples:

A dog handler

noun

A company that moves goods from one place to another

Usage examples:

A cargo/freight handler they are china's largest domestic cargo handler., the institute would like …

noun

A person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation.

Usage examples:

One of the schemes will help women inventors and innovators to develop their ideas and skills.

noun

Someone who designs or creates something that did not exist before

Usage examples:

Alfred nobel was the inventor of dynamite.

noun

Someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things

Usage examples:

The inventor of sth thomas edison was the inventor of the electric light bulb.

noun

A person who operates a machine, especially a machine tool or a sewing machine.

Usage examples:

Big or small, companies employed mainly skilled machinists, machine operators, and precision assemb…

noun

A person whose job is operating or repairing machines

noun

Someone whose job is operating a machine in a factory

Usage examples:

She worked as a sewing machinist for 20 years., the company employs skilled machinists in its machi…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Usage examples:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Usage examples:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

noun

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.

Usage examples:

Snowboarders performed daring manoeuvres on precipitous slopes

verb

Move skilfully or carefully.

Usage examples:

The lorry was unable to manoeuvre comfortably in the narrow street

noun

A planned action that is intended to get an advantage

Usage examples:

This manoeuvre has the effect of rewarding those shareholders who sell at the expense of those who …

noun

A person with an outstanding intellect.

Usage examples:

An eminent musical mastermind

verb

Plan and direct (an ingenious and complex scheme or enterprise).

Usage examples:

He was accused of masterminding a gold-smuggling racket

verb

To plan and direct a difficult activity

Usage examples:

Oliver masterminded the takeover of his top business competitor., the mastermind behind the escape …

noun

A mechanic.

Usage examples:

The mechs installed two new engines before the next flight, and, for safety reasons, we ordered the…

noun

In science fiction (= stories about an imagined future), a giant robot or machine controlled by a person

Usage examples:

Threatened by robot proliferation, human robot hunters search with robot dogs any stray mecha., is …

noun

A skilled worker who repairs and maintains vehicle engines and other machinery.

Usage examples:

A car mechanic

noun

Someone who repairs or works with machines, esp. as a job

Usage examples:

An auto mechanic

noun

Someone whose job is repairing vehicles and other machines

Usage examples:

A team of engineers and mechanics help manufacture the machines used on assembly lines., a car/moto…

verb

(of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service.

Usage examples:

The government mobilized regular forces, reservists, and militia

verb

Make ready for action or use

verb

To organize people to support something or to make a part of an organization ready for a special purpose

Usage examples:

We're teaching people to mobilize and show their support for their libraries., [ u ] both parties h…

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

verb

Obtain or bring about by discussion.

Usage examples:

He negotiated a new contract with the sellers

verb

Discuss the terms of an arrangement

verb

To have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement

Usage examples:

[ t ] we want to negotiate a settlement that is fair to both sides., she was able to negotiate the …

noun

A person who operates equipment or a machine.

Usage examples:

A radio operator

noun

A person who makes something work or puts something into action

Usage examples:

A computer/machine operator, dial or press zero for the operator., he’s a smooth operator.

noun

Someone whose job is to use and control a machine, vehicle, or piece of equipment

Usage examples:

A camera/crane/forklift operator, the system lets you talk directly to a call centre operator., a c…

verb

Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.

Usage examples:

The song cycle was stunningly arranged and orchestrated

verb

Arrange systematically; order.

Usage examples:

Organize lessons in a planned way

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

verb

To make the necessary plans for something to happen; arrange

Usage examples:

The group organizes theater trips once a month., they organized a meeting between the students and …

noun

A person who creates or initiates something.

Usage examples:

Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift

noun

The person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen

Usage examples:

There are lots of reasons why the inventor or originator of an idea may not get the lion's share of…

noun

A detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Usage examples:

The un peace plan

verb

Decide on and make arrangements for in advance.

Usage examples:

They were planning a trip to egypt

verb

A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be achieved

noun

A person who makes plans.

Usage examples:

Economic planners

noun

A person whose job is to plan something, esp. how land in a particular area is to be used and what should be built on it

Usage examples:

A city planner, an urban planner

noun

Someone whose job is to make decisions relating to the future of an activity or industry

Usage examples:

A financial/project/strategic planner, a city/town/urban planner, a wall/desk planner

noun

A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.

Usage examples:

They have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a swiss bank

verb

Secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).

Usage examples:

The two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign

noun

A secret plan to do something that is wrong, harmful, or illegal

Usage examples:

The police discovered a plot to rob the bank., the novel has a complicated plot that is sometimes d…

noun

A person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.

Usage examples:

An oil producer

noun

A company, country, or person that makes things, usually for sale, esp. things made by an industrial process or grown or obtained from the ground

Usage examples:

A producer of automobiles/wheat

noun

A country, company, or person that makes goods or that grows food in large amounts

Usage examples:

A producer of sth the group is the world's biggest producer of copper, supplying around 6% of globa…

idiom

Pull or pull out sharply

phrasal verb

Succeed in achieving or winning something difficult.

Usage examples:

He pulled off a brilliant first round win

phrasal verb

(of a vehicle) move to the side of or off the road.

Usage examples:

There is no place to pull off in case of an accident

verb

Move to or place in a particular position.

Usage examples:

I put my hand out towards her

noun

A throw of a shot or weight.

Usage examples:

Nichols recorded a put of 61.05 on his third attempt.

Cause to be in a certain state

noun

A large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect.

Usage examples:

The occupational sick pay scheme

verb

Make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.

Usage examples:

Envious of their wealth, he schemed to bring about their downfall

noun

A plan for doing or organizing something

Usage examples:

The committee came up with a creative fundraising scheme., the yellow and white color scheme bright…

noun

A point, period, or step in a process or development.

Usage examples:

There is no need at this stage to give explicit details

verb

Present a performance of (a play or other show).

Usage examples:

The show is being staged at the grand opera house in belfast

noun

A part of an activity, or a period of development

Usage examples:

The software is in the early stages of development., at that stage of my life, i was married but di…

noun

A person employed to look after technical equipment or do practical work in a laboratory.

Usage examples:

A laboratory technician

noun

A worker trained with special skills or knowledge, esp. in how to operate machines or equipment used in science

Usage examples:

An x-ray technician, a laboratory technician

noun

Someone whose job is to make sure that machines and equipment work correctly, and to repair them if necessary

Usage examples:

A lab/computer/electrical technician