architect
//ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt//
Forms
- Plural
- architects
- present (v1)
- architect
- past (v2)
- architected
- past participle (v3)
- architected
- present participle
- architecting
- 3rd person singular
- architects
Definitions
1.A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
- Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
2.A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
- Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
- French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
3.An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
1.To design, plan, or orchestrate.
- He architected the military coup against the government.
- Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4106
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).
By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.