"engineer" in the noun sense
1. engineer, applied scientist, technologist
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
2. engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver
the operator of a railway locomotive
"engineer" in the verb sense
1. engineer
design as an engineer
"He engineered the water supply project"
2. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan and direct (a complex undertaking
"he masterminded the robbery"
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