Meaning of 'design'
Meaning of 'design' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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. - To form a design or designs; to plan.
- 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. - To form a design or designs; to plan.
Meaning of 'design' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- something intended as a guide for making something else
Example in sentence:
- a blueprint for a house;
- a pattern for a skirt
Meaning (2):
- the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- 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 (3):
- an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- 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):
- an arrangement scheme
- 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 (5):
- a decorative or artistic work
- 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
- a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
Example in sentence:
- the design of a building
Meaning (7):
- create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- 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
- 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):
- create designs
- create designs
Example in sentence:
- Dupont designs for the house of Chanel
Meaning (10):
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
Example in sentence:
- She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day
Meaning (11):
- intend or have as a purpose
- intend or have as a purpose
Example in sentence:
- She designed to go far in the world of business
Meaning (12):
- make or work out a plan for; devise
- 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 (13):
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
Example in sentence:
- This room is not designed for work
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