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ENGINEER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does engineer mean? 

ENGINEER (noun)
  The noun ENGINEER has 2 senses:

1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsplay

2. the operator of a railway locomotiveplay

  Familiarity information: ENGINEER used as a noun is rare.


ENGINEER (verb)
  The verb ENGINEER has 2 senses:

1. design as an engineerplay

2. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)play

  Familiarity information: ENGINEER used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENGINEER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist

Hypernyms ("engineer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engineer"):

aerospace engineer (an engineer of aircraft and space vehicles)

aeronautical engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft)

surveyor (an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures)

rocket engineer; rocket scientist (an engineer who builds and tests rockets)

coder; computer programmer; programmer; software engineer (a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs)

mining engineer (an engineer concerned with the construction and operation of mines)

metallurgical engineer; metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)

mechanical engineer (a person trained to design and construct machines)

marine engineer; naval engineer (a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines)

electrical engineer (a person trained in practical applications of the theory of electricity)

civil engineer (an engineer trained to design and construct and maintain public works (roads or bridges or harbors etc.))

automotive engineer (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of automobiles)

army engineer; military engineer (a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work)

Instance hyponyms:

James Watt; Watt (Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819))

Thomas Augustus Watson; Watson (United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934))

Bryan Donkin; Donkin (English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855))

Richard Trevithick; Trevithick (English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833))

Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Sperry (United States engineer and inventor of the gyrocompass (1860-1930))

Karl Wilhelm Siemens; Siemens; Sir Charles William Siemens (engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and who moved to England (1823-1883))

Claude E. Shannon; Claude Elwood Shannon; Claude Shannon; Shannon (United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001))

John Augustus Roebling; John Roebling; Roebling (United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869))

da Vinci; Leonardo; Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519))

Charles Franklin Kettering; Charles Kettering; Kettering (United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958))

Hugo Junkers; Junkers (German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935))

George Washington Goethals; Goethals (United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928))

Buckminster Fuller; Fuller; R. Buckminster Fuller; Richard Buckminster Fuller (United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983))

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel; Eiffel (French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923))

Diesel; Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel; Rudolf Diesel (German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913))

Daimler; Gottlieb Daimler (German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900))

Derivation:

engineer (plan and direct (a complex undertaking))

engineer (design as an engineer)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The operator of a railway locomotive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

engine driver; engineer; locomotive engineer; railroad engineer

Hypernyms ("engineer" is a kind of...):

manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)

Instance hyponyms:

Casey Jones; John Luther Jones; Jones (United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900))

Derivation:

engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)

engine (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)


ENGINEER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they engineer  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it engineers  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: engineered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: engineered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: engineering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Design as an engineer

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

He engineered the water supply project

Hypernyms (to "engineer" is one way to...):

design; plan (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he engineer his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

engineer (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

engineering (the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

direct; engineer; mastermind; orchestrate; organise; organize

Context example:

he masterminded the robbery

Hypernyms (to "engineer" is one way to...):

plan (make plans for something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "engineer"):

choreograph (plan and oversee the development and details of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

engineer (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)


 Context examples 


An Fc engineered, humanized anti-CD19 monoclonal antibody directed against the B-cell-specific membrane protein CD19 with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody XmAb5574, NCI Thesaurus)

CSL362 contains an engineered Fc region which increases its binding affinity to Fc-gamma receptors on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells thereby initiating antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC).

(Anti-CD123 Monoclonal Antibody CSL362, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine that uses a viral vector system derived from the canarypox virus engineered to target the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).

(ALVAC-CEA B7.1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) isolated from a melanoma patient and were engineered to react with the melanoma antigen glycoprotein 100 (gp100).

(Anti-gp100 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous PBL, NCI Thesaurus)

Human tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) isolated from a melanoma patient and were engineered to react with the melanoma antigen glycoprotein 100 (gp100).

(Anti-gp100 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous TIL, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of professional or vocational positions of employment that involve architecture or engineering.

(Architecture and Engineering Occupations, NCI Thesaurus)

Human tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) isolated from a melanoma patient and were engineered to react with the melanoma antigen MART-1 (Melanoma Antigen Recognized by T cells, also called Melan-A).

(Anti-MART-1 TCR Retroviral Vector-Transduced Autologous TIL, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from allogeneic lung tumor cells, alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase-expressing allogeneic lung tumor cell vaccine is engineered to express the murine alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (GalT), an enzyme humans lack.

(Alpha-1,3-Galactosyltransferase-Expressing Allogeneic Lung Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

One of a number of genetically-engineered adenoviruses designed to insert a gene of interest into a eukaryotic cell where the gene of interest is subsequently expressed.

(Adenovirus Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

However, their stiffness and strength is comparable to engineered wood products, making them suitable for structural uses as well.

(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)



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