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Engineer
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
animate
Countable
Plural form
engineers
Examples
An engineer's job is to apply scientific principles to solve engineering challenges.
02
the operator of a railway locomotive
to engineer
01
to design, build, or plan something systematically and skillfully, especially using scientific principles and technical knowledge
Transitive: to engineer a system or structure
Examples
Civil engineers are responsible for engineering structures such as bridges and highways.
02
to cleverly plan or arrange for something to happen
Transitive: to engineer sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
engineer
3rd person singular
engineers
Past simple
engineered
Past participle
engineered
Examples
He engineered the perfect surprise party, making sure every detail was in place.
