design
See also: Design
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“I mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.
Pronunciation
Noun
design (countable and uncountable, plural designs)
- 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.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The composition of a work of art.
- Intention or plot.
- To be hateful of the truth by design.
- (Can we date this quote?), M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40:
- I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure.
- 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools[1], volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
- At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]
- 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- Lisicki will rise from her current ranking of 62 to at least 35 in the world on the back of her efforts at the All England Club, but she will have serious designs on a first Grand Slam title after overcoming the 2007 runner-up.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- To have evil designs.
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[3]:
- He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
- The art of designing
- Danish furniture design is world-famous.
Synonyms
- (plan): See Thesaurus:diagram
- (intention): See Thesaurus:design
Hyponyms
plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)
Derived terms
Translations
plan
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pattern
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composition
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intention
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appearance
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art of designing
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Verb
design (third-person singular simple present designs, present participle designing, simple past and past participle designed)
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). [from 17th c.]
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- She designed his retirement from the Royal Irish Artillery, and had negociated an immediate berth for him on the Staff of the Commander of the Forces, and a prospective one in the household of Lord Townshend […]
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess[4]:
- The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
- The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
- (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate. [16th-19th c.]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- he looks not below the Moon, but hath designed the regiment of sublunary affairs unto inferiour deputations.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- He was designed to the study of the law.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
- The client had me created new designs until they were satisfied with one.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- We shall see / Justice design the victor's chivalry.
- (Can we date this quote by Beaumont and Fletcher and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shall design.
Derived terms
- designable
- designed
- designedly
- designer
- foredesign
- outdesign
- overdesign
- predesign
- redesign
- undesignable
- undesigned
- undesignedly
Translations
to plan an artwork etc.
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Further reading
- “design”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “design”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “design”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: de‧sign
Noun
design n (plural designs)
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English design.
Pronunciation
Noun
design
- design
- Synonym: suunnittelu
Declension
Inflection of design (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | design | designit | |
genitive | designin | designien | |
partitive | designia | designeja | |
illative | designiin | designeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | design | designit | |
accusative | nom. | design | designit |
gen. | designin | ||
genitive | designin | designien | |
partitive | designia | designeja | |
inessive | designissa | designeissa | |
elative | designista | designeista | |
illative | designiin | designeihin | |
adessive | designilla | designeilla | |
ablative | designilta | designeilta | |
allative | designille | designeille | |
essive | designina | designeina | |
translative | designiksi | designeiksi | |
abessive | designitta | designeitta | |
instructive | — | designein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
design m (plural designs)
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English design, from Latin designō (“I mark out, describe, plan”).
Pronunciation
Noun
design (plural designok)
- design (art and profession of designing functional objects such as furniture, vehicles, household appliances, etc.)
- Synonym: formatervezés
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | design | designok |
accusative | designt | designokat |
dative | designnak | designoknak |
instrumental | designnal | designokkal |
causal-final | designért | designokért |
translative | designná | designokká |
terminative | designig | designokig |
essive-formal | designként | designokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | designban | designokban |
superessive | designon | designokon |
adessive | designnál | designoknál |
illative | designba | designokba |
sublative | designra | designokra |
allative | designhoz | designokhoz |
elative | designból | designokból |
delative | designról | designokról |
ablative | designtól | designoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
designé | designoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
designéi | designokéi |
Possessive forms of design | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | designom | designjaim |
2nd person sing. | designod | designjaid |
3rd person sing. | designja | designjai |
1st person plural | designunk | designjaink |
2nd person plural | designotok | designjaitok |
3rd person plural | designjuk | designjaik |
Italian
Etymology
Noun
design m (uncountable)
- design (industrial)
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
design
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
design m (plural s)
- design (plan)
Synonyms
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
design c
- a design
Declension
Declension of design | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | design | designen | designer | designerna |
Genitive | designs | designens | designers | designernas |
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