engineering skill

collocation in English

meaningsofengineeringandskill

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engineering
noun[U]
uk
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪə.rɪŋ/us
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
the work of an engineer (= a person who designs or builds machines, engines, electrical systems, or large structures such as roads or bridges using scientific principles), or the study of ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk
/skɪl/us
/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofengineeringandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is not the way in whichengineeringskilland technology work.
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Would you expect a son or a daughter of yours to want to learn anengineeringskillin such a place.
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Obviously we ought, because of ourengineeringskill, to give our own industries a fair chance of development.
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This war is a war of steel, mechanised, and of the application of scientific andengineeringskillto all the resources we can get together.
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We have had to buy them in and convert them, by our wit andengineeringskill, into goods that the world wants to buy.
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I should have thought it was a tribute to theirengineeringskillthat they could move from repairing buses to produce the latest bomber aircraft.
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If our shortest commodity isengineeringskilland research and development effort, then this industry is the poorest performer.
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It will be a sad reflection on ourengineeringskillif we cannot raise a vessel at that depth.
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In this case, it took a combination of expert brains andengineeringskillmany months to achieve and, even so, with a considerable weight penalty.
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It is an industry ideally suited for a nation with a long record ofengineeringskilland knowledge.
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They have at their disposal a fund of comparative information; besidesengineeringskill.
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While oneengineeringskillmay decay, another takes its place.
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This survey will go a long way towards identifyingengineeringskillneeds across the whole of industry and services.
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The old argument that we should concentrate on localities where traditionalengineeringskillis high has been disproved by our wartime experience.
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The quality ofengineeringskilland management in the industry must continually rise.
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There is no money obstacle, the scarceengineeringskillcan now be properly spread, and there is a very much better psychological atmosphere.
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Whatever the result, both departments are a matter ofengineeringskillof which we should be justly proud.
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We have in our factories the best fund ofengineeringskill.
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He is a man of outstanding vision andengineeringskill.
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