| Definitions of 'engineer' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) engineer, applied scientist, technologist
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
2. (verb) engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver
the operator of a railway locomotive
3. (verb) engineer
design as an engineer
"He engineered the water supply project"
4. (verb) mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
"he masterminded the robbery"
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| Definitions of 'engineer' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) engineer
a person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n
2. (noun) engineer
one who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver
3. (noun) engineer
one who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager
4. (verb) engineer
to lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road
5. (verb) engineer
to use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress
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