Meaning & use
electrician
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person whose job is to install, check, and repair electrical wiring and equipment.
Grammar: Countable noun: you can say 'an electrician' or 'electricians'.
Patterns
- call an electrician
- work as an electrician
- a qualified electrician
We had to call an electrician when the lights stopped working.
My brother is a qualified electrician.
The electrician checked the wiring in the kitchen.
Word forms
| plural | electricians |
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Common combinations
- call an electrician
- The power keeps going off, so we should call an electrician.
- qualified electrician
- Make sure you hire a qualified electrician for the job.
- work as an electrician
- She works as an electrician for a large construction company.
- electrician's license
- In many places you need an electrician's license to do this work.
Synonyms and how they differ
- electrical engineer
- An electrical engineer designs electrical systems, often with a degree; an electrician installs and repairs them.
Word family
- electrical adjective
- Relating to electricity.
- electricity noun
- The energy that powers lights and machines.
Commonly confused: electrician or electrical engineer?
electrician vs electrical engineer
An electrical engineer usually designs electrical systems and may need a university degree, while an electrician is a skilled worker who installs and repairs them.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'electrician' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Electrician' means a person who repairs electrical systems, so fixing wiring is correct. The other options confuse it with 'electricity' or use it for unrelated actions.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “electrician”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.