professional engineer

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandengineer

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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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 ofprofessionalandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofessional engineer

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He is a registeredprofessionalengineer.
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The duke told me that he is not a professional duke, but aprofessionalengineer.
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An engineering license and the award of the titleprofessionalengineergrants the right to practice as aprofessionalengineer.
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He is a licensedprofessionalengineer.
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Many professional institutions now require two years' practical training before considering a man as aprofessionalengineer.
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I pointed out to him that for aprofessionalengineerthe drop in salary is not all that large.
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The engineering profession has, through the council, established three grades ofprofessionalengineer: chartered or incorporated engineers, and engineering technicians.
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People have talked about the number of technicians needed to eachprofessionalengineer, and the estimates given have varied.
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Therefore, aprofessionalengineeris legally required to be registered.
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He is also a registeredprofessionalengineerin several states.
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My experience, on the other hand, is rather that of theprofessionalengineerwho has not taught but rather has been taught at.
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They will become one-stop shops for theprofessionalengineerto gain access to up-to-date technical information and skills training.
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There was a general belief that no man could become aprofessionalengineerunless he had been frightened out of his wits at least twice.
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In its widest sense, the engineering community includes hundreds of thousands of people who do not fall within the traditional definition of aprofessionalengineer.
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I wish to say that aprofessionalengineercovered by an agency shop agreement would be covered by it exactly as the agreement said.
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In 1930 passed the qualification examination to become a practicingprofessionalengineer.
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He was aprofessionalengineer, having completed his engineering degree before studying law.
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He is aprofessionalengineer, a private pilot, an advanced scuba diver and a nitrox diver.
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These standards are concerned with three occupational categories:professionalengineer, engineering technologist, and engineering associate.
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He is a retiredprofessionalengineerand manager of manufacturing engineering.
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He was neither an architect norprofessionalengineer, but a silk merchant and a property developer.
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The former, the "deemed to satisfy" functional requirement, puts responsibility for safe design on the owner of a building, who vests it in aprofessionalengineer.
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It is notorious that in every country in the world there are at least three or four, and sometimes as many as five, technicians for everyprofessionalengineer.
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It is very important that aprofessionalengineer, for example, should be the type of person who can assume responsibility for development work and superintending others.
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However, it is important to make a distinction between a graduate engineer and aprofessionalengineeror licensed engineer.
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