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engineer

/ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪə/ /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪɹ/

Meanings
noun
A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.

Examples :

"My brother is an engineer; he designs and builds bridges. "
technical job person work industry machine technology building essential toeic

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Illustration engineering

engineering verb

/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/

To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.

"The students are engineering a new system for managing their study group projects. "

Illustration approached

approached verb

/əˈpɹəʊtʃt/ /əˈpɹoʊtʃt/

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

"The dog cautiously approached the sleeping cat. "

Illustration qualified

qualified adjective

/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/ /ˈkwɑl.ɪ.faɪd/

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

"My brother is qualified to be a teacher because he has a degree in education and several years of experience working with children. "

Illustration locomotive

locomotive noun

/ˌləʊkəʊˈməʊtiv/ /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtiv/

The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.

"The locomotive chugged, pulling the train full of students to their school. "

Illustration controlled

controlled verb

/kənˈtɹəʊld/ /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹoʊld/

To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

"With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck."

Illustration engineered

engineered verb

/ˌendʒɪˈnɪrd/ /ˌendʒəˈnɪrd/

To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.

"The students engineered a bridge out of cardboard for their science project. "

Illustration substance

substance noun

/ˈsʌbstəns/

Physical matter; material.

"The scientist carefully examined the substance to determine its chemical composition. "

Illustration scientists

scientists noun

/ˈsaɪəntɪsts/

One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.

"Scientists study plants to understand how they grow. "

Illustration assignment

assignment noun

/əˈsaɪnmənt/ /æˈsaɪnmənt/

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

"This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."

Illustration vegetables

vegetables noun

/ˈvɛd͡ʒtəbəlz/

Any plant.

"In biology class, we learned that technically, even fruits are vegetables because vegetables are any plant. "

Illustration professionally

professionally adverb

/prəˈfɛʃənəli/ /proʊˈfɛʃənəli/

As a professional; for one's paid career.

"Steve Davis plays snooker professionally."

Illustration contrivance

contrivance noun

/kənˈtɹaɪ.vəns/

A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task

"The old-fashioned egg beater was a clever contrivance for mixing ingredients. "