engineer

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noun

1 designs/builds engines, roads, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief

▪ chartered (BrE), qualified, skilled, trained

▪

You need the advice of a qualified engineer.

▪ consultant, consulting

▪ aeronautical, aerospace, aircraft, flight

▪ automotive (esp. AmE)

▪ electrical, electronics

▪ computer, software

▪ recording, sound

▪ manufacturing (esp. AmE)

▪ civil, highway, mining, railway (BrE), structural

▪ city

▪ design, production

▪ project

▪ agricultural, chemical, marine, mechanical

ENGINEER + VERB

▪ build sth, design sth, develop sth

▪

engineers who designed and built advanced military aircraft

2 repairs machines/equipment

ADJECTIVE

▪ qualified, skilled, trained

▪ maintenance (esp. BrE), service, support

▪

We were on the phone with a technical support engineer.

▪ heating, lighting, telephone (all BrE)

VERB + ENGINEER

▪ call in, call out (both BrE)

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verb

1 manage to arrange sth

ADVERB

▪ brilliantly, carefully, deliberately

▪

She carefully engineered a meeting with the chairman.

VERB + ENGINEER

▪ seek to, try to

2 design and build sth

ADVERB

▪ carefully, finely, precisely

▪ superbly, well

▪

The car is superbly engineered and a pleasure to drive.

▪ specially, specifically (esp. AmE)

▪

This heavier-weight paper is specifically engineered for inkjet printing.

▪ socially

▪ genetically

▪

genetically engineered plants

Engineer is used with these nouns as the object: ↑coup