American English pronunciation
How to pronounce engineer
IPA transcription: ['ɛndʒə'nɪɹ]
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Noun
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a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
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the operator of a railway locomotive
Verb
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
“he masterminded the robbery”
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design as an engineer
“He engineered the water supply project”
Usage examples
- The same team brought engineer Ross Brawn to prominence.
- It was produced and engineered by Nick Didia.
- His father worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
- Bio-mechanical engineering skills can be used to design prosthetics for amputees.
- The plant is now the Ansty engineering works of Rolls-Royce.
- That's Thorpe's, said the young engineer.
- Engineers make a technical distinction between "binaural" and "stereophonic" recording.
- He is a Civil Engineer and a graduate of Baghdad University.
- His educational background is in engineering.
- Further records are held by the Institution of Civil Engineers.