How to Use "Engineer" with Example Sentences

engineer (n): someone who designs, builds, or repairs machines or structures

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Used with adjectives:

"He works as an electrical engineer."
(electrical, aerospace, aircraft, automotive, agricultural)

"She works as a mechanical engineer."
(mechanical, civil, structural, design, project, chemical, manufacturing)

"My son wants to be a computer engineer."
(computer, software)

"We need a skilled engineer for this project."
(skilled, trained, qualified)

Used with verbs:

"Many engineers designed the new airplane."
(designed, developed, built, worked on)

engineer (v): to plan or arrange for something to happen; to design and build something

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Used with adverbs:

"She carefully engineered a meeting between the two former friends."
(carefully, deliberately)

"The new products have been precisely engineered for performance."
(precisely, well, carefully)

"This tool is specially engineered for building airplanes."
(specially, specifically)

"The company wants to genetically engineer new crops."
(genetically)