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de·sign
 design
- pronunciation:
- dih
zaIn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
designed, designing, designs |
| definition 1: |
to make or draw plans for, esp. the structure or form of.
The government is attempting to design a new welfare system.She designed all the costumes for the play.The architect who designed the museum also designed the city hall.- synonyms:
- engineer, map out, plan
- similar words:
- block out, blueprint, devise, draft, forge, formulate, frame, outline, plot, project, scheme, shape, sketch, style
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| definition 2: |
to conceive; invent.
They designed a plan to increase business traffic in the downtown area.- synonyms:
- conceive, dream up, formulate, invent
- similar words:
- coin, contrive, create, form, hatch, innovate, originate, plan, project, scheme
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| definition 3: |
to intend for a specific goal or purpose.
The program was designed to educate the public.- synonyms:
- earmark, intend, target
- similar words:
- aim at, calculate, reserve
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| related words: |
aim, arrange, diagram, establish, fashion, intend, program, purpose, structure, tailor, think |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to create plans or designs.
- synonyms:
- contrive, devise, plan
- similar words:
- scheme
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| related words: |
aim, arrange, plan, program, tailor |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a plan or outline showing how something is to be built or carried out.
The architect showed us his designs for the new office building.- synonyms:
- blueprint, draft, layout, plan, program, scheme, strategy
- similar words:
- agenda, architecture, diagram, map, outline, schematic, sketch
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| definition 2: |
an artistic rendering; drawing.
She looked at many dress designs before going to stores to look for a wedding dress.His apartment is filled with designs done by favorite local artists.- synonyms:
- drawing, picture
- similar words:
- painting, portrayal, sketch
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| definition 3: |
pattern.
The curtains have a floral design across the top.- synonyms:
- pattern
- similar words:
- architecture, decoration, detail, fashion, figure, lay, layout, motif, print, shape, style
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| definition 4: |
the art of creating drawings.
He is studying design at the art institute.- similar words:
- art, drawing, fashion, graphic arts, graphics, painting
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| definition 5: |
end; purpose.
The town council's design had been to improve conditions in the neighborhoods.- synonyms:
- aim, goal, intention, objective, purport, purpose
- similar words:
- ambition, aspiration, desire, destination, dream, end, hope, mark, reason, target, wish
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| definition 6: |
(often pl.) scheme or plot.
Marrying her was all part of his design to obtain wealth and power.- synonyms:
- intentions, plan, plot, scheme
- similar words:
- cabal, tactic
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| definition 7: |
purposeful intention, real or inferred, to which the nature of events or things can be attributed.
We found each other and fell in love, as if by some design. |
| related words: |
arrangement, artistry, composition, conception, construction, graphic, illustration, intent, intention, layout, lead, line, method, miniature, object, objective, pattern, plan, plot, proposal, purport, texture, thought, web |
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