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Definitions for Predesigned
[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] made or done intentionally; intended; planned.
[19] to work out the structure or form of (something), as by making a sketch, outline, pattern, or plans
[20] to plan and make (something) artistically or skilfully
[21] (tr) to form or conceive in the mind; invent
[22] (tr) to intend, as for a specific purpose; plan
[23] (tr) obsolete to mark out or designate
[24] a plan, sketch, or preliminary drawing
[25] the arrangement or pattern of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work the design of the desk is Chippendale
[26] a finished artistic or decorative creation
[27] the art of designing
[28] a plan, scheme, or project
[29] an end aimed at or planned for; intention; purpose
[30] (often plural; often foll by on or against) a plot or hostile scheme, often to gain possession of (something) by illegitimate means
[31] a coherent or purposeful pattern, as opposed to chaos God's design appears in nature
[32] argument from design philosophy another name for teleological argument
Words related to Predesigned
designpremeditated, careful, conscious, purposeful, calculated, studious, cold-blooded, thoughtful, cautious, willful, prudent, meticulous, doomed, coming, intended, designed, studied, considered, express, predetermined
Words nearby Predesigned
designdesiderata, desiderate, desiderative, desideratum, desiderium, design, designate, designated, designated driver, designated employment, designated hitter
Origin of Predesigned
designedFirst recorded in 1580–90; design + -ed2
Other words from Predesigned
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)
de·sign·ed·ness [dih-zahy -nid-nis] /dɪˈzaɪ nɪd nɪs/ , noun
non·de·signed , adjective
pre·de·signed , adjective
well-de·signed , adjective
Word origin for Predesigned
designC16: from Latin dēsignāre to mark out, describe, from de- + signāre to mark, from signum a mark, sign
Synonyms for Predesigned
calculated, careful, cautious, cold-blooded, conscious, meticulous, premeditated, prudent, purposeful, studious, thoughtful, willful, advised, considered, designed, express, fixed, intended, judged, planned, pondered, prearranged, predetermined, projected, purposed, reasoned, resolved, schemed, studied, weighed, aforethought, cut-and-dried, designful, done on purpose, predeterminate, prepense, provident, purposive, scrupulous, thought out, voluntary, wary, with forethought, witting