engineer

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a person whose job involves designing and building engines, machines, roads, bridges, etc: an electrical / a mechanical engineer seealsoCHEMICALENGINEER, CIVILENGINEER, LIGHTINGENGINEER, SOFTWAREENGINEER, SOUNDENGINEER 2 a person who is trained to repair machines and electrical equipment: They're sending an engineer to fix the phone. 3 a person whose job is to control and repair engines, especially on a ship or an aircraft: a flight engineer * the chief engineer on a cruise liner 4 (AmE) = ENGINEDRIVER 5 a soldier trained to design and build military structures verb [VN] 1 (often disapproving) to arrange for sth to happen or take place, especially when this is done secretly in order to give yourself an advantage: She engineered a further meeting with him. 2 [usuallypassive] to design and build sth: The car is beautifully engineered and a pleasure to drive. 3 to change the GENETIC structure of sth: genetically engineered crops