engineering
noun
[ ɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ ]
• the branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines, machines, and structures.
• the action of working artfully to bring something about.
• "if not for his shrewd engineering, the election would have been lost"
engineer
verb
• design and build (a machine or structure).
• "the men who engineered the tunnel"
• skilfully arrange for (something) to occur.
• "she engineered another meeting with him"
Similar:
bring about,
cause,
arrange,
pull off,
bring off,
fix,
set up,
plot,
scheme,
contrive,
plan,
put together,
devise,
manoeuvre,
manipulate,
negotiate,
organize,
orchestrate,
choreograph,
mobilize,
mount,
stage,
put on,
mastermind,
originate,
manage,
stage-manage,
coordinate,
control,
superintend,
direct,
conduct,
handle,
concoct,
wangle,
concert,
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons; formerly also as ingineer ): in early use from Old French engigneor, from medieval Latin ingeniator, from ingeniare ‘contrive, devise’, from Latin ingenium (see engine); in later use from French ingénieur or Italian ingegnere, also based on Latin ingenium, with the ending influenced by -eer.
