# architect

Pronunciation: US say "AHR-ki-tekt" /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/; UK say "AH-ki-tekt" /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/

## Noun

1. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, prepares the plans, and oversees their construction.
   - Simple: Someone whose job is to design buildings and oversee how they are built.
   - _The architect submitted detailed blueprints to the city planning office._
   - _Several architects competed to design the new concert hall._
2. Someone who conceives a plan and works out how to bring it about, as with a policy, reform, or agreement.
   - Simple: A person who plans something and makes it happen the way they want.
   - _Historians regard her as the chief architect of the reform movement._
   - _The treaty's architects spent months negotiating its terms._
4. An honorific placed before the name of a qualified architect, usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch. or Ar. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: A title of respect used before the name of a qualified building designer.
   - _Architect Cruz signed the final inspection report herself._
   - _We invited Architect Mendoza to speak at the conference._

## Verb

3. To design, plan, or orchestrate something deliberately.
   - Simple: To carefully plan and put together how something will happen.
   - _The committee architected a sweeping overhaul of the tax code._
   - _Skilled teams architect software that can serve millions of users._

## Origin

This word came through Middle French architecte and Latin architectus from Ancient Greek arkhitéktōn, meaning "master builder", formed from arkhi- ("chief") plus téktōn ("builder").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/architect (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).