Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
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:
person who drives or operates a locomotive:
Русский
By meaning 2
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:
person who drives or operates a locomotive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
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:
person who drives or operates a locomotive:

Examples

315 sentences

  1. I want to be an engineer.

    Я хочу бути інженером. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ хочу стать инженером. — Wadimiy

    deIch will Ingenieur werden. — MUIRIEL

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  2. I've decided to become an engineer.

    Я вирішив стати інженером. — deniko

    ruЯ решил стать инженером. — odexed

    deIch habe beschlossen, Ingenieur zu werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I'm going to be an engineer.

    Я буду інженером. — deniko

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Meaning

10 senses

  1. (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.

    Ingenieur, Ingenieurin

    инжене́рinženér, инжене́ркаinženérka, инжене́ршаinženérša

    інжене́рinženér, інжене́ркаinženérka

  2. A person trained to operate an engine.

    (US, broadly)A person who drives or operates a locomotive; a train driver.

    Lokomotivführer, Lokomotivführerin, Maschinist

    машини́стmašiníst

    машині́стmašyníst

    the operator of a railway locomotive

  3. (broadly)Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people.

    a political engineer

More meanings 7

  1. A person trained to operate an engine.

    (US, broadly)A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).

  2. (also, figuratively)A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.

  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.

  4. A person trained to operate an engine.

    (broadly, historical)A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship.

  5. An honorific title given to engineers before their name.

  6. (also, figuratively, obsolete)A soldier in charge of operating a weapon; an artilleryman, a gunner.

  7. (broadly, derogatory, often)A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer.

Origin

The noun is derived from:

The noun is derived from:

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Forms

plural: engineers
Singularengineer
Pluralengineers

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
A person professionally engaged in the technical design…:hostler
A person who operates a steam engine:engineman
Close in meaning

Word family

30 related words
RelatedgeniusB2ingeniousC1ingenuityC1ingeniosityingeniouslyingeniousnessengine
Derivedastroengineerbioneerengineer bootengineeressengineerishengineerizationengineer's blueengineer's chainengineershipengineer's scaleenginerdfungineerglycoengineermicroengineermisengineermotorneernanoengineerneuroengineernonengineernonengineeringsocioengineersubengineertractioneer

Collocations

4 patterns
  • an electrical engineer
  • be an engineer
  • electrical engineer
  • became an engineer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
engagementB2engenderC2engineB1engineeringB1EnglishA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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