Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for engineering
The synonym for engineering recorded in this bank is technology, in the sense "the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for engineering
- technologynoun, in the sense "the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and engineering carries one sense so far.
the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
He had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study.
The true synonym
technology
Same sentence, swapped: He had trouble deciding which branch of technology to study.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- communications
- arts
- architecture
Where engineering turns up in the game
engineering is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where engineering is the trap
- artsnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is humanities, in the sense "studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)", with engineering sitting one tile away.
Play engineering
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so engineering reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company engineering keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
engineering is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.