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- \ˌen-jə-ˈnir\
- /ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/
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- \ˌen-jə-ˈnir\
Definitions of engineer word
- noun engineer A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works. 2
- noun engineer technical designer 1
- noun engineer technical worker 1
- noun engineer machinist 1
- noun engineer locomotive driver 1
- transitive verb engineer design 1
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Parts of speech for Engineer
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engineer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for engineer
verb engineer
- bring about — To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- fix up — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
- wangle — to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
noun engineer
- architect — An architect is a person who designs buildings.
- builder — A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.
- designer — A designer is a person whose job is to design things by making drawings of them.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- inventor — a person who invents, especially one who devises some new process, appliance, machine, or article; one who makes inventions.
Antonyms for engineer
verb engineer
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
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