- present participle of engineer.
engineering
Example Sentences
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Following graduation, Sir Ian joined the family fishing and marine engineering business, becoming managing director of John Wood and Son.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Engineers say building expansions can be done safely but adding floors to a structure that wasn’t originally built to hold such weight requires complex engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The 57-year-old graduated from university with a masters in telematics and satellite engineering in 1991 and was one of only four women on the course of more than 200 students.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“It’s a very difficult problem, and society as a whole is not investing enough money in infrastructure ... especially water infrastructure,” said Lucio Soibelman, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
One hundred thousand pounds worth of German engineering.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Vocabulary lists containing engineering
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Engineering - Introductory
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Civil Engineering
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