Enginernoun
(obsolete) A contriver; an inventor; one who makes engines.
Enginernoun
A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines.
Engineernoun
A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
Engineernoun
(Philippines) A title given to an engineer.
Engineernoun
A person who controls motion of substance (such as a locomotive). Rail transportation
Engineernoun
(nautical) A person employed in the engine room of a ship.
Engineerverb
(transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
Engineerverb
(transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
Engineerverb
(transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
Engineerverb
(transitive) To control motion of substance; to change motion.
Engineerverb
To work as an engineer.
Engineernoun
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.
Engineernoun
One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.
Engineernoun
One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager.
Engineerverb
To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road.
Engineerverb
To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
Engineernoun
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Engineernoun
the operator of a railway locomotive
Engineerverb
design as an engineer;
Engineerverb
plan and direct (a complex undertaking);
Engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost. The word engineer (Latin ingeniator) is derived from the Latin words ingeniare () and ingenium ().