engineering
- noun
- B1
- Top 3000
The study and work of planning and building machines, roads, bridges and other useful things.
He applied to three universities to study engineering next autumn.
The tunnel under the river is a triumph of engineering.
Engineering combines physics, maths and a lot of practical problem solving.
My sister leads a small engineering team designing electric motors.
Common collocations: study engineering · civil engineering · mechanical engineering · an engineering degree · an engineering student · a feat of engineering
Part of: School subjects, Science and technology, Jobs, School and teaching