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verb (used with object)
1.
to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
2.
to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully.
3.
to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students.
4.
to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape.
5.
to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor.
verb (used without object)
7.
to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
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noun
9.
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
10.
organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition.
11.
the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet.
12.
the art of designing: a school of design.
13.
a plan or project: a design for a new process.
14.
a plot or intrigue, especially an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him.
15.
designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock.
16.
intention; purpose; end.
17.
adaptation of means to a preconceived end.
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design (dɪˈzaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to work out the structure or form of (something), as by making a sketch, outline, pattern, or plans |
| 2. | to plan and make (something) artistically or skilfully |
| 3. | (tr) to form or conceive in the mind; invent |
| 4. | (tr) to intend, as for a specific purpose; plan |
| 5. | obsolete (tr) to mark out or designate |
| —n | |
| 6. | a plan, sketch, or preliminary drawing |
| 7. | the arrangement or pattern of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work: the design of the desk is Chippendale |
| 8. | a finished artistic or decorative creation |
| 9. | the art of designing |
| 10. | a plan, scheme, or project |
| 11. | an end aimed at or planned for; intention; purpose |
| 12. | (often plural; |
| 13. | a coherent or purposeful pattern, as opposed to chaos: God's design appears in nature |
| 14. | philosophy argument from design another name for teleological argument |
| [C16: from Latin dēsignāre to mark out, describe, from | |
| de'signable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
design
1540s, from L. designare "mark out, devise," from de- "out" + signare "to mark," from signum "a mark, sign." Originally in English with the meaning now attached to designate; many modern uses of design are metaphoric extensions.
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