design
[dih-zahyn]
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
noun
Origin of design
Synonym study
designed
[dih-zahynd]
adjective
Origin of designed
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Related Words for predesigned
premeditated, careful, conscious, purposeful, calculated, studious, cold-blooded, thoughtful, cautious, willful, prudent, meticulous, doomed, coming, intended, designed, studied, considered, express, predetermineddesign
verb
noun
Word Origin for design
C16: from Latin dēsignāre to mark out, describe, from de- + signāre to mark, from signum a mark, sign
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