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de·signed       [di-zahynd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
[Origin: 1580–90; design + -ed2]

—Related forms
de·sign·ed·ness       [di-zahy-nid-nis] Pronunciation Key, noun
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de·sign       (dĭ-zīn')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   de·signed, de·sign·ing, de·signs

v.   tr.
    1. To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent: design a good excuse for not attending the conference.
    2. To formulate a plan for; devise: designed a marketing strategy for the new product.
  2. To plan out in systematic, usually graphic form: design a building; design a computer program.
  3. To create or contrive for a particular purpose or effect: a game designed to appeal to all ages.
  4. To have as a goal or purpose; intend.
  5. To create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.

v.   intr.
  1. To make or execute plans.
  2. To have a goal or purpose in mind.
  3. To create designs.

n.  
    1. A drawing or sketch.
    2. A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture.
    3. A reasoned purpose; an intent: It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.
    4. Deliberate intention: He became a photographer more by accident than by design.
  2. The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details: the aerodynamic design of an automobile; furniture of simple but elegant design.
  3. The art or practice of designing or making designs.
  4. Something designed, especially a decorative or an artistic work.
  5. An ornamental pattern. See Synonyms at figure.
  6. A basic scheme or pattern that affects and controls function or development: the overall design of an epic poem.
  7. A plan; a project. See Synonyms at plan.
    1. A reasoned purpose; an intent: It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.
    2. Deliberate intention: He became a photographer more by accident than by design.
  9. A secretive plot or scheme. Often used in the plural: He has designs on my job.


[Middle English designen, from Latin dēsignāre, to designate; see designate.]

de·sign'a·ble adj.
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designed

adjective
done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses" [ant: undesigned] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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