chief engineer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchiefandengineer
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chief
adjective[before noun]
uk/tʃiːf/us/tʃiːf/
most important ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofchiefandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thechiefengineerconstrains 10 variables.
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Thechiefengineer, unfortunately, lost his life.
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Thechiefengineershared that view.
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Thechiefengineerwas a hard-working, hard- pressed official.
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Achiefengineerwill be a member of the executive.
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There is no record of the appointment of achiefengineer, which casts doubt on the ability of the baladiyya to monitor construction and demolition work.
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Is thechiefengineeror the chief chemist an officer or is he not?
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The surveyor to the council was thechiefengineerof the company.
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A man starting with a boiler operator's licence may ultimately step up to achiefengineer.
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He was with us all his life in the mines, and was ourchiefengineer.
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One is of achiefengineerwith 30 years of experience, 10 years as chief officer.
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She went to sea for many years and became achiefengineer.
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They have now announced a newchiefengineerin the tank design department.
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In the same way the latechiefengineerstarted as a telegraph messenger boy.
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He was brought before thechiefengineerand still refused to obey.
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They report directly to thechiefengineer.
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He was appointedchiefengineerin 1908.
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Oudraogo was appointedchiefengineerof mining.
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Two years later he waschiefengineer.
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Although thechiefengineer, using an estimate of ship cost, did place dollar amounts on his buy bids, many of the other agents only identified the ranges on the variables.
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Today, an assistantchiefengineercould not be expected to lose a year's pay while doing a course.
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Then, if thechiefengineercannot meet that price, he will have to reduce his own prices to the consumer.
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When she retired as achiefengineerin 1963 many more women had adopted a sea-going career.
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No sooner has one started doing that than a machine break down, and one has to becomechiefengineer.
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I think it appropriate to consider the burden now being added to the shoulders of thechiefengineer.
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