engineer
verb/ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/
/ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they engineer | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/ /ˌendʒɪˈnɪr/ |
| he / she / it engineers | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪəz/ /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrz/ |
| past simple engineered | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪəd/ /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrd/ |
| past participle engineered | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪəd/ /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrd/ |
| -ing form engineering | /ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/ /ˌendʒɪˈnɪrɪŋ/ |
- engineer something (often disapproving) to arrange for something to happen or take place, especially when this is done secretly in order to give yourself an advantage synonym contrive
- She engineered a further meeting with him.
Extra Examples- I carefully engineered a meeting with the director.
- He had no idea that his downfall had been engineered by his deputy.
- The firm effectively engineered its own takeover.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- brilliantly
- carefully
- deliberately
- …
- seek to
- try to
- [usually passive] to design and build something
- be… engineered The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive.
- engineer something the men who engineered the tunnel
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- finely
- precisely
- …
- engineer something to change the genetic structure of something
- genetically engineered crops
- Some biotech crops are engineered to ward off pests.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons; formerly also as ingineer): in early use from Old French engigneor, from medieval Latin ingeniator, from ingeniare ‘contrive, devise’, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; in later use from French ingénieur or Italian ingegnere, also based on Latin ingenium, with the ending influenced by -eer.
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