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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Engineering.]
     1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the
        work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J.
        Hamilton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of;
        to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
        [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F.
     ing['e]nieur. See Engine, n.]
     1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any
        branch of engineering; as, a civil engineer; an electronic
        engineer; a chemical engineer. See under Engineering, n.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an
        engine driver.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or
        artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil
        engineering.
  
     Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a
        military nature. See under Engineering.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F.
     ing['e]nieur. See Engine, n.]
     1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any
        branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.
  
     2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an
        engine driver.
  
     3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or
        artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.]
  
     Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil
        engineering.
  
     Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a
        military nature. See under Engineering.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Engineering.]
     1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the
        work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J.
        Hamilton.
  
     2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of;
        to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
        [Colloq.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  engineer
       n 1: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical
            problems [syn: applied scientist, technologist]
       2: the operator of a railway locomotive [syn: locomotive
          engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver]
       v 1: design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply
            project"
       2: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
          the robbery" [syn: mastermind, direct, organize, organise,
           orchestrate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ επαγγ en) ο μηχανικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     n.
     1 (lb en military also figuratively)
     2 # A soldier#Noun engaged in design#Verb or construct#Verb military
  works#Noun for attack#Noun or defence#Noun, or other engineering#Noun
  works.
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A soldier in charge of operate a weapon#Noun; an
  artilleryman, a gunner.
     4 (lb en by extension)
     5 # A person professionally engaged in the technical#Adjective
  design#Noun and construction of large-scale private#Adjective and public
  works such as bridge#Noun, building#Noun, harbour#Noun, railways,
  road#Noun, etc.; a civil engineer.
     6 # Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or
  maintaining engine#Noun or machinery; now (lb en more generally), a
  person qualified#Adjective or professionally engaged#Adjective in any
  branch#Noun of engineering, or study#Verb to do so.
     7 # A person train#Verb to operate an engine; an engineman.
     8 ## (lb en chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine;
  specifically (lb en nautical), a person employ#Verb to operate the steam
  engine in the engine room of a ship#Noun.
     9 ##* (RQ:Emerson English Traits chapter=Wealth pages=170–171
  pageref=171 passage=The machinery [the steam engine] has proved, like
  the balloon, unmanageable, and flies away with the aeronaut. Steam, from
  the first, hissed and screamed to warn him; it was dreadful with its
  explosion, and crushed the '''engineer'''. The machinist has wrought and
  watched, '''engineers''' and firemen without number have been sacrificed
  in learning to tame and guide the monster.)
     10 ##* (RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass poem=Song of the Answerer part=1
  page=136 passage=The '''engineer''', the deck-hand on the great lakes,
  or on the Mississippi or St. Lawrence or Sacramento, or Hudson or
  Paumanok sound, claims him.)
     11 ##* (RQ:Conrad Typhoon chapter=IV page=226 column=2 passage=One of
  the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second
  '''engineer''' and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third
  '''engineer''' was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being
  tended by hand.)
     12 ## (lb en US firefighting) A person who drive#Verb or operates a
  fire engine.
     13 ## (lb en chiefly US rail transport) A person who drives or
  operates a locomotive#Noun; a train#Noun driver.
     14 # ''Preceded by a qualifying word'': a person who use#Verb ability
  or knowledge to manipulate event#Noun or people.
     15 # (lb en often derogatory) A person who formulates plot#Noun or
  scheme#Noun; a plotter, a schemer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # To employ#Verb one's ability and knowledge as an engineer#Noun to
  design#Verb, construct#Verb, and/or maintain (something, such as a
  machine#Noun or a structure#Noun), usually for industrial or
  public#Adjective use#Noun.
     3 # (lb en specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or
  construct (a DNA sequence#Noun), or to alter (an organism).
     4 # To plan#Verb or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to
  finagle, to wangle#Noun.
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # To formulate plot#Noun or scheme#Noun; to plot#Verb, to
  scheme#Verb.
     7 # (lb en rare) To work#Verb as an engineer.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     n.
     1 (lb en military also figuratively)
     2 # A soldier#Noun engaged in design#Verb or construct#Verb military
  works#Noun for attack#Noun or defence#Noun, or other engineering#Noun
  works.
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A soldier in charge of operate a weapon#Noun; an
  artilleryman, a gunner.
     4 (lb en by extension)
     5 # A person professionally engaged in the technical#Adjective
  design#Noun and construction of large-scale private#Adjective and public
  works such as bridge#Noun, building#Noun, harbour#Noun, railways,
  road#Noun, etc.; a civil engineer.
     6 # Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or
  maintaining engine#Noun or machinery; now (lb en more generally), a
  person qualified#Adjective or professionally engaged#Adjective in any
  branch#Noun of engineering, or study#Verb to do so.
     7 # A person train#Verb to operate an engine; an engineman.
     8 ## (lb en chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine;
  specifically (lb en nautical), a person employ#Verb to operate the steam
  engine in the engine room of a ship#Noun.
     9 ##* (RQ:Emerson English Traits chapter=Wealth pages=170–171
  pageref=171 passage=The machinery [the steam engine] has proved, like
  the balloon, unmanageable, and flies away with the aeronaut. Steam, from
  the first, hissed and screamed to warn him; it was dreadful with its
  explosion, and crushed the '''engineer'''. The machinist has wrought and
  watched, '''engineers''' and firemen without number have been sacrificed
  in learning to tame and guide the monster.)
     10 ##* (RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass poem=Song of the Answerer part=1
  page=136 passage=The '''engineer''', the deck-hand on the great lakes,
  or on the Mississippi or St. Lawrence or Sacramento, or Hudson or
  Paumanok sound, claims him.)
     11 ##* (RQ:Conrad Typhoon chapter=IV page=226 column=2 passage=One of
  the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second
  '''engineer''' and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third
  '''engineer''' was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being
  tended by hand.)
     12 ## (lb en US firefighting) A person who drive#Verb or operates a
  fire engine.
     13 ## (lb en chiefly US rail transport) A person who drives or
  operates a locomotive#Noun; a train#Noun driver.
     14 # ''Preceded by a qualifying word'': a person who use#Verb ability
  or knowledge to manipulate event#Noun or people.
     15 # (lb en often derogatory) A person who formulates plot#Noun or
  scheme#Noun; a plotter, a schemer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # To employ#Verb one's ability and knowledge as an engineer#Noun to
  design#Verb, construct#Verb, and/or maintain (something, such as a
  machine#Noun or a structure#Noun), usually for industrial or
  public#Adjective use#Noun.
     3 # (lb en specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or
  construct (a DNA sequence#Noun), or to alter (an organism).
     4 # To plan#Verb or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to
  finagle, to wangle#Noun.
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # To formulate plot#Noun or scheme#Noun; to plot#Verb, to
  scheme#Verb.
     7 # (lb en rare) To work#Verb as an engineer.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     n.
     1 (lb en military also figuratively)
     2 # A soldier#Noun engaged in design#Verb or construct#Verb military
  works#Noun for attack#Noun or defence#Noun, or other engineering#Noun
  works.
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A soldier in charge of operate a weapon#Noun; an
  artilleryman, a gunner.
     4 (lb en by extension)
     5 # A person professionally engaged in the technical#Adjective
  design#Noun and construction of large-scale private#Adjective and public
  works such as bridge#Noun, building#Noun, harbour#Noun, railways,
  road#Noun, etc.; a civil engineer.
     6 # Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or
  maintaining engine#Noun or machinery; now (lb en more generally), a
  person qualified#Adjective or professionally engaged#Adjective in any
  branch#Noun of engineering, or study#Verb to do so.
     7 # A person train#Verb to operate an engine; an engineman.
     8 ## (lb en chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine;
  specifically (lb en nautical), a person employ#Verb to operate the steam
  engine in the engine room of a ship#Noun.
     9 ##* (RQ:Emerson English Traits chapter=Wealth pages=170–171
  pageref=171 passage=The machinery [the steam engine] has proved, like
  the balloon, unmanageable, and flies away with the aeronaut. Steam, from
  the first, hissed and screamed to warn him; it was dreadful with its
  explosion, and crushed the '''engineer'''. The machinist has wrought and
  watched, '''engineers''' and firemen without number have been sacrificed
  in learning to tame and guide the monster.)
     10 ##* (RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass poem=Song of the Answerer part=1
  page=136 passage=The '''engineer''', the deck-hand on the great lakes,
  or on the Mississippi or St. Lawrence or Sacramento, or Hudson or
  Paumanok sound, claims him.)
     11 ##* (RQ:Conrad Typhoon chapter=IV page=226 column=2 passage=One of
  the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second
  '''engineer''' and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third
  '''engineer''' was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being
  tended by hand.)
     12 ## (lb en US firefighting) A person who drive#Verb or operates a
  fire engine.
     13 ## (lb en chiefly US rail transport) A person who drives or
  operates a locomotive#Noun; a train#Noun driver.
     14 # ''Preceded by a qualifying word'': a person who use#Verb ability
  or knowledge to manipulate event#Noun or people.
     15 # (lb en often derogatory) A person who formulates plot#Noun or
  scheme#Noun; a plotter, a schemer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # To employ#Verb one's ability and knowledge as an engineer#Noun to
  design#Verb, construct#Verb, and/or maintain (something, such as a
  machine#Noun or a structure#Noun), usually for industrial or
  public#Adjective use#Noun.
     3 # (lb en specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or
  construct (a DNA sequence#Noun), or to alter (an organism).
     4 # To plan#Verb or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to
  finagle, to wangle#Noun.
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # To formulate plot#Noun or scheme#Noun; to plot#Verb, to
  scheme#Verb.
     7 # (lb en rare) To work#Verb as an engineer.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     n.
     1 (lb en military also figuratively)
     2 # A soldier#Noun engaged in design#Verb or construct#Verb military
  works#Noun for attack#Noun or defence#Noun, or other engineering#Noun
  works.
     3 # (lb en obsolete) A soldier in charge of operate a weapon#Noun; an
  artilleryman, a gunner.
     4 (lb en by extension)
     5 # A person professionally engaged in the technical#Adjective
  design#Noun and construction of large-scale private#Adjective and public
  works such as bridge#Noun, building#Noun, harbour#Noun, railways,
  road#Noun, etc.; a civil engineer.
     6 # Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or
  maintaining engine#Noun or machinery; now (lb en more generally), a
  person qualified#Adjective or professionally engaged#Adjective in any
  branch#Noun of engineering, or study#Verb to do so.
     7 # A person train#Verb to operate an engine; an engineman.
     8 ## (lb en chiefly historical) A person who operates a steam engine;
  specifically (lb en nautical), a person employ#Verb to operate the steam
  engine in the engine room of a ship#Noun.
     9 ##* (RQ:Emerson English Traits chapter=Wealth pages=170–171
  pageref=171 passage=The machinery [the steam engine] has proved, like
  the balloon, unmanageable, and flies away with the aeronaut. Steam, from
  the first, hissed and screamed to warn him; it was dreadful with its
  explosion, and crushed the '''engineer'''. The machinist has wrought and
  watched, '''engineers''' and firemen without number have been sacrificed
  in learning to tame and guide the monster.)
     10 ##* (RQ:Whitman Leaves of Grass poem=Song of the Answerer part=1
  page=136 passage=The '''engineer''', the deck-hand on the great lakes,
  or on the Mississippi or St. Lawrence or Sacramento, or Hudson or
  Paumanok sound, claims him.)
     11 ##* (RQ:Conrad Typhoon chapter=IV page=226 column=2 passage=One of
  the stokers was disabled, the others had given in, the second
  '''engineer''' and the donkey-man were firing-up. The third
  '''engineer''' was standing by the steam-valve. The engines were being
  tended by hand.)
     12 ## (lb en US firefighting) A person who drive#Verb or operates a
  fire engine.
     13 ## (lb en chiefly US rail transport) A person who drives or
  operates a locomotive#Noun; a train#Noun driver.
     14 # ''Preceded by a qualifying word'': a person who use#Verb ability
  or knowledge to manipulate event#Noun or people.
     15 # (lb en often derogatory) A person who formulates plot#Noun or
  scheme#Noun; a plotter, a schemer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # To employ#Verb one's ability and knowledge as an engineer#Noun to
  design#Verb, construct#Verb, and/or maintain (something, such as a
  machine#Noun or a structure#Noun), usually for industrial or
  public#Adjective use#Noun.
     3 # (lb en specifically) To use genetic engineering to alter or
  construct (a DNA sequence#Noun), or to alter (an organism).
     4 # To plan#Verb or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to
  finagle, to wangle#Noun.
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # To formulate plot#Noun or scheme#Noun; to plot#Verb, to
  scheme#Verb.
     7 # (lb en rare) To work#Verb as an engineer.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     Englanti n.
     1 insinööri
     2 suunnittelija
     3 (''sodankäynti'') pioneeri
     4 koneenhoitaja
     5 mekaanikko
     6 (AmE) veturinkuljettaja
     7 (kuva) luoja, hallitsija
     Englanti vb.
     tehdä insinöörityötä, suunnitella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engineer
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg kat=yrken språk=en) ingenjör
     2 (tagg amerikansk engelska språk=en) tågförare
     3 (tagg ålderdomligt språk=en) operatör av en motor, ''i synnerhet''
  ett loks motor
     Engelska vb.
     bygga, konstruera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  engineer /ˌɛndʒɪnˈiə/
  ingenieur

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Engineer /ˌɛndʒɪnˈiə/
  المهندس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  engineer //ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə// //ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ// 
  1. машини́ст
  2. инжене́р, инжене́рка
  person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so