FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

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

n A person trained in a natural science that applies such knowledge towards a practical objective.

n A person who, given a practical scientific problem involving the physical world and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.

n A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).

v (transitive) To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.

v (transitive) To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.

v (transitive) To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.