What does engineering mean?
Engineering means present participle and gerund of engineer.
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/ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of engineer.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
Use engineering when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Engineering means present participle and gerund of engineer.
Common synonyms include technology, applied science, engine room, engineering science.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
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