English Explanatory Dictionary

design

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
  2. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
  3. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
  4. The composition of a work of art.
  5. Intention or plot.
  6. Malicious or malevolent intention.
  7. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
  8. The art of designing
verb
  1. To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
  2. To plan (to do something).
  3. To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
  4. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
  5. To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈzaɪn/ en-us-design.ogg

Word forms

design designs designing designed no-table-tags glossary designest designedst designeth

Etymology

From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.

Synonyms

blueprint design plan plot project proposal scheme diagram

Related words

diagram

Derived words

antidesign argument from design biodesign by design designathon design-based learning design code design depth design fiction design flaw designful design language designless design load designment designoid design pattern design release engineer design speed design system design thinking design to cost designwise ecodesign industrial design right nanodesign nondesign scenic design secure by design security-by-design security by design service design package set design stage design subdesign thermal design power visitor design pattern designer misdesign undesign a camel is a horse designed by a committee codesign designability designable designed designedly foredesign outdesign overdesign predesign redesign undesignable undesigned undesignedly

Translations

Afrikaans: bedoeling Bashkir: ниәт Bulgarian: наме́рение Chinese Mandarin: 打算 Chinese Mandarin: 意圖 /意图 Esperanto: projekto Finnish: suunnitelma Finnish: juoni Finnish: aie Finnish: aikomus French: dessein French: intention Georgian: ჩანაფიქრი German: Absicht Hungarian: szándék Hungarian: terv Hungarian: elgondolás Italian: intenzione Italian: piano Italian: progettazione Japanese: 意図 Korean: 의도 Occitan: dessenh Occitan: intencion Polish: zamysł Polish: zamiar Portuguese: intenção Russian: план Russian: наме́рение Russian: за́мысел Russian: у́мысел Scottish Gaelic: rùn Serbo-Croatian: интенција Serbo-Croatian: накана Serbo-Croatian: intencija Serbo-Croatian: nakana Spanish: intención Spanish: voluntad Spanish: designio Spanish: deseño (desus.) Turkish: niyet Ukrainian: за́дум Ukrainian: за́мисел Ukrainian: за́мір Ukrainian: на́мір Ukrainian: план
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