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Definitions for Design

[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.
[6] Obsolete . to mark out, as by a sign; indicate.
[7] to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
[8] to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
[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.
[18] to work out the structure or form of (something), as by making a sketch, outline, pattern, or plans
[19] to plan and make (something) artistically or skilfully
[20] (tr) to form or conceive in the mind; invent
[21] (tr) to intend, as for a specific purpose; plan
[22] (tr) obsolete to mark out or designate
[23] a plan, sketch, or preliminary drawing
[24] the arrangement or pattern of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work the design of the desk is Chippendale
[25] a finished artistic or decorative creation
[26] the art of designing
[27] a plan, scheme, or project
[28] an end aimed at or planned for; intention; purpose
[29] (often plural; often foll by on or against) a plot or hostile scheme, often to gain possession of (something) by illegitimate means
[30] a coherent or purposeful pattern, as opposed to chaos God's design appears in nature
[31] argument from design philosophy another name for teleological argument

Words related to Design

picture, scheme, layout, form, map, pattern, study, idea, method, construction, architecture, composition, model, arrangement, drawing, plan, style, motif, shape, device

Words nearby Design

desiderata, desiderate, desiderative, desideratum, desiderium, design, designate, designated, designated driver, designated employment, designated hitter

Origin of Design

1350–1400; Middle English designen < Latin dēsignāre to mark out. See de-, sign

Other words from Design

out·de·sign , verb (used with object)
o·ver·de·sign , verb
pre·de·sign , verb (used with object)
re·de·sign , verb
self-de·sign , noun
un·der·de·sign , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Design

C16: from Latin dēsignāre to mark out, describe, from de- + signāre to mark, from signum a mark, sign

Synonyms for Design

architecture, arrangement, composition, construction, drawing, form, idea, layout, map, method, model, pattern, picture, plan, scheme, study, blueprint, chart, comp, conception, constitution, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, dummy, formation, makeup, outline, paste-up, perspective, tracery, tracing, treatment