engineer
To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or…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.
» I want to be an engineer.
Ich will Ingenieur werden.
Ich möchte ein Ingenieur werden.
Я хочу стать инженером.
Я хочу быть инженером.
Хочу быть инженером.
Я хочу бути інженером.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
design as an engineer
(specifically, transitive)To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
(transitive)To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
(intransitive)To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
(intransitive, rare)To work as an engineer.
Examples
326 sentencesI want to be an engineer.
Я хочу бути інженером.
ruЯ хочу стать инженером.
deIch will Ingenieur werden.
I've decided to become an engineer.
Я вирішив стати інженером.
ruЯ решил стать инженером.
deIch habe beschlossen, Ingenieur zu werden.
I'm going to be an engineer.
Я буду інженером.
Tom is an engineer and so is Mary.
Том інженер, і Мері також.
ruТом - инженер, и Мэри тоже.
I want to become an engineer.
Я хочу стати інженером.
ruЯ хочу стать инженером.
deIch will Ingenieur werden.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
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Forms
engineers, engineering, engineered, engineered| Base form | engineer · to engineer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | engineers |
| Present participle | engineering |
| Past simple | engineered |
| Past participle | engineered |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonyms- plan and direct (a complex undertaking):masterminddirectorganizeorganiseorchestrate
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- an an engineer
- an electrical engineer
- electrical engineer