designed

[dih-zahynd]

adjective

1. made or done intentionally; intended; planned.

Other Word Forms

• designedness noun
• nondesigned adjective
• predesigned adjective
• well-designed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of designed¹

First recorded in 1580–90; design + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Now, scientists reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have designed an LED so slender it’s nearly as thin as paper, yet it emits a cozy, sunlike glow.

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Florida was one of 15 states that chose not to participate in SunBucks, a new federal summer meals program designed to help low-income families feed their children when school is out.

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You can’t tariff your way out of dependency when your own refineries are designed to process heavy Canadian crude.

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It killed 12 people and destroyed 6,800 structures, revealing the limitations of Southern California’s urban water systems, which are designed to fight house fires, not wildfires that rage through entire neighborhoods.

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The team's demonstration in Nature Photonics marks the first device designed with this new theory.

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Related Words

• calculated 
• careful 
• cautious 
• cold-blooded 
• conscious 
• meticulous 
• premeditated 
• prudent 
• purposeful 
• studious 
• thoughtful 
• willful