engineer
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noun- 1.
(also, figuratively)A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
- 2.
(also, figuratively, obsolete)A soldier in charge of operating a weapon; an artilleryman, a gunner.
- 3.
(broadly)A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.
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(broadly)Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.
- 5.
A person trained to operate an engine.
- 6.
(broadly)Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people.
a political engineer
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(broadly, derogatory, often)A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer.
- 8.
An honorific title given to engineers before their name.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.
- 2.
(specifically, transitive)To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
- 3.
(transitive)To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
- 4.
(intransitive)To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
Đồng nghĩa: machinate
- 5.
(intransitive, rare)To work as an engineer.
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