Engineer

Definitions: Engineer

Engineer

Noun

1. A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

2. The operator of a railway locomotive.

Verb

1. Design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project".

2. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "engineer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Occupations

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Engineer

Agent

Machinist, mechanician, engineer.

Combatant

Gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles,chasseur, zouave; military train, coolie.

Experiment

Analyzer, analyst, assayist; adventurer; experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist; scientist, engineer, technician.

Traveler

Driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman; cabman, cabdriver; voiturier, vetturino, condottiere; engine driver; stoker, fireman, guard; chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman.

Crosswords: Engineer

Oh, don't be so impatient, Comrade Engineer. We've come very far, very fast. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

An aircraft engineer down the penninsula designed it; he worked it out in his spare time. (Vertigo; writing credit: Pierre Boileau; Thomas Narcejac)

Well, personally, I trust the engineer. He sounds okay to me. This is a professional job. (Clan des Siciliens, Le; writing credit: José Giovanni; Auguste Le Breton)

An electronics engineer, a radar officer, a mathematician and systems analyst, a radar operator, a couple of plotters. (The Giant Claw; writing credit: Paul Gangelin; Samuel Newman)

I'm a genius, not an engineer. (The Man in the Iron Mask; writing credit: Randall Wallace)

I know every engineer on every train ("King of the Road"; performing artist: Roger Miller)

You are an engineer if Dilbert is your hero. (references; author: unknown)

The Brave Engineer (1950)

Drill of the Engineer Corps (1896)

I Want to Be an Engineer (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Australian Consulting Engineer (reference)

• Automotive Engineer (reference)

• Building Engineer (reference)

• California Engineer (reference)

• Canadian Civil Engineer (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• I Wanna Be a Train Engineer (reference)

• Steam Engineer (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Roger the Engineer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Compucable Deluxe Field Engineer Tool Kit W/Case 120PC W/Socket Set Scrwdrvr (reference)

• Instant Engineer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Kitty Joyner - Electrical Engineer.Credit: NASA.

Test Pilot and Engineer.Credit: NASA.

LCDR Commander John Bowie's base camp at Watertown, Yukon, Territory L to R: David Sammons; Eli Packer, geodetic engineer; bush pilot Sam White Lieutenant Commander John Bowie; Mr Smith, Canadian IBC representative.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Office tent at camp at Mile Post 253 on the Alcan Highway L to R: Bachtel, David Sammons, Lieutenant Commander John Bowie Eli Packer, geodetic engineer.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

ALVIN is named after engineer Allyn Vine-- not a chipmunk.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Left to right: J. Richard; Commander d'Arodes; engineer Mialaret; A. Fuhrmeister . Plate IV, print 6. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 10. Bulldog sounder, invented by Marine Engineer Roughton, assistant engineer Steil, and naturalist George C. Wallich for use in deep water sounding operations by HMS BULLDOG in the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean in 1860 while under command of Sir Leopold McClintock RN. This device was also used on HMS PORCUPINE in water depths up to 3200 meters in 1862.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

An engineer checking some of the electronics associated with satellite data reception and processing.Credit: NOAA in Space.

Electricians from the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron's Exterior Electric Shop, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., replace outdated utility-pole cross arms. The airmen are replacing the old T-arms with more stable and efficient polymer arms. Phillip Trujillo, 49.

A stack of 122mm rockets lay in the Pit, March 11 and 12, 1991, near Khamisiyah, Iraq after being demolished. (Photo courtesy of the 307th Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The engineer does not forget at night, or his nature does not, that he has beheld this vision of serenity and purity once at least during the day.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Because foodborne pathogens universally affect the intestinal mucosa, these studies will provide information needed to engineer vaccines or develop treatment for diseases caused by these organisms. (references)

This animal research has shown that the grafted cells can even come from muscles other than the heart, such as muscles of the leg. Furthermore, it may be possible to genetically engineer grafted cells to make them stronger. (references)

Recently, however, scientists were able to genetically engineer a line of mice that exhibit some of the characteristics of sickle cell disease in much the same way humans do. This is an important advance in the search for an effective treatment and eventual cure for sickle cell disease. (references)

Business

DHSV's Chief Engineer attends dental trade exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas, on an occasional basis. (references)

Import documentation should be signed by a Technical Director who may be a physician, a biochemist, an engineer, etc. Depending on the product imported. (references)

Fears have been expressed that Thai subcontractors hired to install environmental technology systems attempt to reverse engineer designs and technologies. (references)

Civil Liberties

Taiwan

During the year, the ship's master and the chief engineer of the Greek cargo vessel M/V Amorgos were prevented from leaving the island for 8 months while the Environmental Protection Agency negotiated with the shipping company's agent on compensation for damages caused by an oil spill when the ship ran aground off the coast of southern Taiwan on January 14. They were allowed to depart the island in August. (references)

Economic History

Cote d'Ivoire

The Third Military Region is headquartered in Bouake and is home to an artillery, an infantry, and an engineer battalion. (references)

Egypt

In the decision-making committee, the technical representative (typically an engineer) must concur in the award decision. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

It is a violation of the law for an engineering company or an engineer to practice engineering in Bahrain without a license. (references)

Travel

Slovak Rep

Titles and positions (e.g., "Ing." for Engineer) are highly regarded and routinely appear on business cards. (references)

Ecuador

Superiors are treated in a friendly but respectful way, and the use of a title (such as doctor, economist or engineer) before the name is common. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "engineer": administrative engineer ♦ aerial engineer ♦ aeronautical engineer ♦ aerospace engineer ♦ agricultural engineer ♦ agricutural engineer ♦ aircraft maintenance engineer ♦ aircraft radio engineer ♦ army engineer ♦ automotive engineer ♦ certificated engineer ♦ chemical engineer ♦ chief engineer ♦ civil engineer ♦ construction engineer ♦ consulting engineer ♦ design cost engineer ♦ division engineer ♦ efficiency engineer ♦ electrical engineer ♦ electronic engineer ♦ engineer annex ♦ engineer commander ♦ Engineer Corps ♦ engineer troops ♦ flight engineer ♦ flight engineer station ♦ heating engineer ♦ highway engineer ♦ IBM Customer Engineer ♦ IBM Systems Engineer ♦ industrial engineer ♦ locomotive engineer ♦ marine engineer ♦ mechanic engineer ♦ mechanical engineer ♦ metallurgical engineer ♦ Microsoft Certified System Engineer ♦ military engineer ♦ mining engineer ♦ naval engineer ♦ nuclear engineer ♦ plant engineer ♦ production engineer ♦ radio engineer ♦ railroad engineer ♦ refrigeration service engineer ♦ rocket engineer ♦ sanitary engineer ♦ second engineer ♦ service engineer ♦ software engineer ♦ sound engineer ♦ structural engineer ♦ system engineer ♦ systems engineer. Additional references.

Beginning with "engineer": engineer-already, engineer-friendly, engineer-in-chief, engineer-officer.

Ending with "engineer": re-engineer.

Afrikaan

ingenieur. (various references)

Albanian

inxhinier. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهندس, ‏وجه (aim, aspect, boss, change, control, countenance, cox, destine, direct, face, guide, maw, mug, mush, officer, orient oneself, orientate, pan, phiz, point, preside, rein, shepherd, snout, steer, visage), ‏صمم (block out, deafness, design, devise, mold, mould, pattern, plan, premeditate, project, promise, resolve, rough, sketch, will), ‏دبر (administer, brew, cogitate, concoct, conduct, contrive, devise, lay, prepare, set, spare). (various references)

Bulgarian 

строя (build, construct, fabricate), сапьор (miner, pioneer), работя като инженер, комбинатор, глася (go, read, run), механик (fitter, grease monkey, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, mechanist, operator), машинист (driver, engine driver, greaser, machinist, manipulator, mechanic, pressman), проектирам (design, plan, project, schedule, scheme), пионер (pathfinder, pioneer), инженер, инициатор (initiator, mover, pioneer, spark plug, sparking plug). (various references)

Chinese 

策劃 (bring about, plot, scheme), 工程師 , 工程师. (various references)

Czech

zosnovat (hatch), zákopník (pioneer, trencher), technik (operator, technician), strojník (machinist), připravit (busk, concoct, cook, dispense, get ready, prepare, provide, temper), inženýr. (various references)

Danish

ingeniør. (various references)

Dutch

Ingenieur (eng., engin., engr.). (various references)

Esperanto

inĝeniero. (various references)

Faeroese

verkfrøðingur. (various references)

Farsi 

مهندسی کردن , مهندس (Bachelor), طرح کردن وساختن , اداره کردن (Address, Administer, Chairman, Conduct, Direct, Execute, Keep, Man, Manage, Manipulate, Moderate, Officiate, Operate, Rule, Run, Wield). (various references)

Finnish

veturinkuljettaja (engine-driver, train-driver), pioneeri (pioneer, sapper), konemestari, koneenkäyttäjä (machine-man, machinist), koneenhoitaja (machine-man, machinist, skinner), insinööri (graduate in engineering). (various references)

French

ingénieur (eng., engin., engr.). (various references)

German

ingenieur (eng., engin., engr., Foreman), techniker (chartist, engineering worker, in technician, technical analyst, technician), pionier (pioneer, sapper). (various references)

Greek 

σχεδιάζω (cogitate, contemplate, design, devise, draw, frame, lay out, map, pencil, plan, plan for, plat, plot, project, propose, schedule, scheme, sketch), μηχανικόσ (machinist, mechanical, mechanician, perfunctory, robot), μηχανοδηγόσ (engine driver), αρχιμηχανοδηγός (head driver), οδηγός ντηζελαμάξης (engine driver, locodriver, locomotive driver, motor driver, motor man). (various references)

Hawaiian

inxhinier. (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"� �"ס, לתכ� ן (contrive, design, devise, map, plan, plot, project, scheme, style, think up). (various references)

Hungarian

mérnök, gépész (driver, engine driver, engine-room artificer, engine-room hand, machinist, mechanic, operator, projectionist), mozdonyvezető (engine driver, locomotive engineer, motorman). (various references)

Indonesian

merekayasa, insinyur, ahli mesin (machinist, mechanic). (various references)

Inuktitut

aullautiliriji. (various references)

Italian

ingegnere (eng., engin., engr.). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

技�"者 , 技師 (technician), 施設 (establishment, facility, institution), 機関士 , 工兵 , 工学者 , エル�"ー盤 (aerogram, angel, elbow, Electone, Electra complex, electric, electric guitar, electricity, electroluminescence, electron, electronic, electronic banking, electronic cooking, electronic cottage, electronic file, electronic mail, electronic money, electronic music, electronic office, electronic sound, electronics, elegance, elegant, elegy, element, elementary, elevation, elevator, elf, elm, elocution, elven, encapsulation, enclosure, encode, encoder, encoding, encounter, encyclopedia, engage, engagement, engagement ring, engine, engine brake, engineering, engineering plastics, enjoy, erect, erection, erogenous zone, Eroica, Eros, erotic, erotic and grotesque, erotic and grotesque nonsense, erotic production, erotica, eroticism, erotism, erotomania, Herman, Hermes, ignition key, long-playing record, LP). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎじゅつしゃ, ぎし (adopted child, artificial limb, artificial tooth, councillor, falsified history, feigning death, legislator, loyal retainer, sister-in-law, technician), しせつ (delegate, embassy, envoy, establishment, facility, institution, mission, personal opinion, private, the teacher's theory), きか�"し (a quarterly, bronchial tube, bulletin, organ), �"うがくしゃ, �"うへい (armed warrior, arms, balance, fairness, impartial, justice, war), エンジニア . (various references)

Korean 

공학자. (various references)

Manx

jeshaghteyr (machinist), cur er bun (engender, establish, inaugurate, instigate, launch, open up, organize, put on, stage, start). (various references)

Norwegian

ingeniør. (various references)

Papiamen

ingeniero. (various references)

Pig Latin

engineeray

Polish

inżynier. (various references)

Portuguese

engenheiro (working plans officer). (various references)

Romanian

tehnician (technician), pune la cale (brew, cogitate, compass, contrive, cook, excogiate, hatch, meditate, scheme, stage), proiecta (blueprint out, cast, contemplate, design, draft, frame, plan, project, scheme), montor (assembler, fitter, mill wright), mecanic de locomotivã (engine driver, runner), maşinist (machinist, mechanic, operator, tender), lucra ca inginer, inginer, genist (Sapper), construi (build, build up, carry up, construct, design, erect, fabricate, form, found, frame, make, project, put up, raise, rear), aranja (adjust, arrange, clench, compose, compound, concert, conclude, contrive, dispose, do, do out, fiddle, fix, fix up, impose, juggle, Marshal, order, organize, pose, posture, put in order, put to rights, put up, set, set out, set to rights, settle, size, stage, Stow, straighten, suit, tidy, tidy up, trim). (various references)

Romansch

inschigner. (various references)

Russian 

инженер. (various references)

Sepedi

moenta
enere. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

planirati (mastermind, plan, plot, schedule), mašinovođa (carman, engine driver), inženjer. (various references)

Sicilian

incigneri. (various references)

Spanish

ingeniero. (various references)

Swedish

ingenjör. (various references)

Thai

วางแผน (frame, map out), วิศวกร, คนขับรถไฟ. (various references)

Turkish

yapmak (accomplish, achieve, acquit oneself, act, architect, build, carry out, carve out, contrive, create, do, establish, execute, fashion, father, fulfil, fulfill, get, go over, go through, have, implement, land, make, perform, perpetrate, ply, practice, practise, produce, profess, put on, put through, set, take, transact, turn out, weave), teknisyen (operative, operator, technician), tekniker (technician), makinist (driver, engine driver, engineman, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, mechanist, rigger), makine mühendisi (mechanical engineer), mühendislik yapmak, mühendisliğini yapmak, mühendis, mühendís, düzenlemek (arrange, calendar, collocate, compose, construct, coordinate, dispose, do, do out, draw, draw up, execute, fix up, forge, form, frame, get things square, get up, give, grade, lay out, line up, methodize, Mount, order, organize, promote, put up, regularize, regulate, scheme, set, set out, shape, stage, string, whack up, work up), çarkçı. (various references)

Turkmen 

injener (r). (various references)

Ukranian 

інженер, споруджувати (build, construct, cove, edify, pitch), машиніст (driver, machinist, manipulator, operator). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người vạch ra, người thiết kế v� xây dựng công sự người phụ trách máy, người b� y ra, kỹ sư. (various references)

Welsh

peiriannydd. (various references)

Zulu

unjiniyela. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "engineer": engineered, engineering, engineerings, engineers. (additional references)

Words ending with "engineer": bioengineer, overengineer, reengineer. (additional references)

Words containing "engineer": bioengineered, bioengineering, bioengineerings, bioengineers, nonengineering, nonengineerings, overengineered, overengineering, overengineers, reengineered, reengineering, reengineers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Engineer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egineer, Ehninger, engeneer, engener, engenier, enginare, engined, enginee, engineerium, enginier, enginneer, enginner, Ingegnere, jenninger. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: greenie.

-2 letters: engine, ginner, renege.

-3 letters: eerie, genie, genre, green, inner, reign, renig, renin.

-4 letters: eger, erne, gene, gien, girn, gree, grin, nene, nine, rein, ring.

-5 letters: eng, ere, erg, ern, gee, gen, gie, gin, inn, ire, nee, ree, reg, rei, rig, rin.

+1 letter: engineers, veneering.

+2 letters: enfevering, engineered, engineries, reengineer, reentering, regreening, veneerings.

+3 letters: bescreening, bioengineer, decentering, enfettering, engendering, engineering, genericness, overweening, reengineers, referencing, rescreening, reverencing, tragedienne, wintergreen.

+4 letters: bioengineers, decrementing, degenerating, degeneration, engineerings, exenterating, experiencing, greenfinches, greenishness, intergeneric, intersegment, linebreeding, orienteering, overengineer, prescreening, reenergizing, reengineered, refreshening, regenerating, regeneration, reprehending, representing, resentencing, resignedness, sonneteering, tragediennes, underfeeding, wintergreens.

+5 letters: bioengineered, birefringence, convergencies, degenerations, enregistering, experimenting, foreignnesses, genericnesses, greensickness, intelligencer, interbreeding, intersegments, linebreedings, orienteerings, overengineers, overextending, overweeningly, prescreenings, presentencing, presweetening, redetermining, reengineering, regenerations, sonneteerings, unbelligerent, understeering.

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