architect

noun

/ˈɑːkɪtekt/

/ˈɑːrkɪtekt/

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a person whose job is designing buildings
- The house was designed by architect Louis Kahn.
- She's a London-based architect and interior designer.
- In 1721 he was named chief architect of the cathedral.
see also landscape architectTopics Jobsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- famous
- great
- leading
- …
verb + architect
- appoint
- commission
- employ
- …
architect + verb
- design something
- draw up plans (for something)
- create something
- …
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a person who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation
- He was one of the principal architects of the revolution.
- Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
(computing) a person who designs or puts together a program or computer system
- We are looking for an IT data architect to work within our Systems Architecture team.
Topics Jobsc2, Computersc2

Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.

verb

/ˈɑːkɪtekt/

/ˈɑːrkɪtekt/

(computing)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they architect	/ˈɑːkɪtekt/ /ˈɑːrkɪtekt/
he / she / it architects	/ˈɑːkɪtekts/ /ˈɑːrkɪtekts/
past simple architected	/ˈɑːkɪtektɪd/ /ˈɑːrkɪtektɪd/
past participle architected	/ˈɑːkɪtektɪd/ /ˈɑːrkɪtektɪd/
-ing form architecting	/ˈɑːkɪtektɪŋ/ /ˈɑːrkɪtektɪŋ/

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architect something to design or put together a program or computer system
- We are looking for someone with experience of architecting data and designing databases.
Topics Computersc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.