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6 dictionary results for: Designing
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·sign·ing       [di-zahy-ning] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.scheming; intriguing; artful; crafty.
2.showing or using forethought.
–noun
3.the act or art of making designs.
[Origin: 1610–20; design + -ing2, -ing1]

—Related forms
de·sign·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. wily, cunning, tricky, sly.
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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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de·sign·ing       (dĭ-zī'nĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Conniving; crafty.
  2. Showing or exercising forethought.

de·sign'ing·ly adv.
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designing

adjective
1. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" 

noun
1. the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" [syn: design] 

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Designing

De*sign"ing\, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Designing

De*sign"ing\, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

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