designing - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'designing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Designing

[ a.]

- Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

2 . Designing

[ n.]

- The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

3 . Designing

[ p. pr. & vb. n.]

- of Design

1 . designing

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

Example in sentence:

2 . designing

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

Example in sentence:

a scheming gold digger;
a scheming wife;
a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue

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