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Meaning of 'design' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Design [ n.]
- To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
- To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
- To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.
- To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
- A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
- A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
- Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
- The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
- The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.
2 . Design [ v. i.]
- To form a design or designs; to plan.

Meaning of 'design' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . design [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something intended as a guide for making something else
Example in sentence:
  • a blueprint for a house;
  • a pattern for a skirt
Meaning (2):
- an arrangement scheme
Example in sentence:
  • a plan for seating guests;
  • it was an excellent design for living;
  • the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
Meaning (3):
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
Example in sentence:
  • good intentions are not enough;
  • he made no secret of his designs;
  • his intent was to provide a new translation;
  • it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
Meaning (4):
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
Example in sentence:
  • he contributed to the design of a new instrument
Meaning (5):
- a decorative or artistic work
Example in sentence:
  • the coach had a design on the doors
Meaning (6):
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
Example in sentence:
  • the design of a building
7 . design [ v]
Meaning (7):
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
Example in sentence:
  • Chanel designed the famous suit
Meaning (8):
- make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
Example in sentence:
  • design a better mousetrap;
  • plan the new wing of the museum
Meaning (9):
- make or work out a plan for; devise
Example in sentence:
  • design a new sales strategy;
  • plan an attack;
  • They contrived to murder their boss
Meaning (10):
- create designs
Example in sentence:
  • Dupont designs for the house of Chanel
Meaning (11):
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
Example in sentence:
  • She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day
Meaning (12):
- intend or have as a purpose
Example in sentence:
  • She designed to go far in the world of business
Meaning (13):
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
Example in sentence:
  • This room is not designed for work

Nearby Words:

descant descanted descanter descanting descend descendant descended descendent descender descendibility

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