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noun designs/builds engines/roads, etc. ADJ. chief | chartered, qualified, skilled, trained You need the advice of a qualified engineer. | consultant/consulting, production | aeronautical, agricultural, aircraft, chemical, civil, design, electrical, electronics, flight, marine, mechanical, mining, railway, recording, software, sound, structural VERB + ENGINEER produce, train Britain isn't producing enough engineers.PROFESSIONAL (for more verbs) repairs machines/equipment ADJ. qualified, registered, skilled, trained | maintenance, service | heating, lighting, telephone VERB + ENGINEER call in/outJOB (for more verbs), verb manage to arrange sth ADV. brilliantly, carefully She carefully engineered a meeting with the chairman. VERB + ENGINEER seek to, try to design and build sth ADV. carefully, finely, precisely, superbly the car is superbly engineered and a pleasure to drive.
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