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How to spell engineer

hear iten·gi·neer/,ɛndʒə'nir/nounRules and real life

What it means: A person who uses science to solve practical problems.

In a sentence: The engineer built a bridge over the river.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double e. Often misspelled as enginner or engeneer.

Same family: engineering, engineered, reengineer, design, plan. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "engineer" comes from the noun "engineer," which originally meant a person who built or operated military engines like catapults. Over time, it came to mean designing or skillfully arranging anything complex, not just machines.

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