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# architect

«architect» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to design buildings and draw plans…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an architect, architects)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An architect is a person whose job is to design buildings and draw plans for how they should be built. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#m1)

2) The architect of something is the person who planned it or made it happen, as in «the architect of the peace deal». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, art and DT lessons, architects use shapes, measuring, scale drawings and angles. In jobs lessons, being an architect needs creativity, maths and a lot of training. In history, famous buildings are linked to their architects. Phrases: «the architect of», «landscape architect», «trained architect».

### examples

- The architect drew plans for our new school library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x1)
- An architect needs to be good at maths and drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x2)
- She wants to be an architect when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x3)
- The architect made a model of the bridge first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x4)
- He was the architect of the team's surprise win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x5)
- Landscape architects design parks and gardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x6)
- We visited a museum designed by a famous architect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x7)
- Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, was an Athenian architect, sculptor, and mechanician. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: an architect (vowel sound, so «an»). Pronounced «AR-ki-tekt»; the «ch» sounds like «k». Related: architecture (the art of designing buildings), architectural. An architect designs; builders build.

### In the corpora

- [An architect designs a building and works with engineers; builders, electricians, plumbers and many others build it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «architect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/architect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.