civil engineering
The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings,…The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.
» Rishi wanted to study civil engineering, despite his parents wishing he'd become a doctor.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The technical design and construction of public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, public greens, roads, etc., or technically equivalent private (usually corporate) ones.
Bauingenieurwesen, Bauwesen
строи́тельная инжене́рияstroítelʹnaja inženérija, гражда́нское строи́тельствоgraždánskoje stroítelʹstvo
the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges
Examples
1 sentencesRishi wanted to study civil engineering, despite his parents wishing he'd become a doctor.
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable