ALL meanings of design
de·sign
D d - verb design When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made. 3
- verb design When someone designs a survey, policy, or system, they plan and prepare it, and decide on all the details of it. 3
- uncountable noun design Design is the process and art of planning and making detailed drawings of something. 3
- uncountable noun design The design of something is the way in which it has been planned and made. 3
- countable noun design A design is a drawing which someone produces to show how they would like something to be built or made. 3
- countable noun design A design is a pattern of lines, flowers, or shapes which is used to decorate something. 3
- countable noun design A design is a general plan or intention that someone has in their mind when they are doing something. 3
- passive verb design If something is designed for a particular purpose, it is intended for that purpose. 3
- verb design to work out the structure or form of (something), as by making a sketch, outline, pattern, or plans 3
- verb design to plan and make (something) artistically or skilfully 3
- verb design to form or conceive in the mind; invent 3
- verb design to intend, as for a specific purpose; plan 3
- verb design to mark out or designate 3
- noun design a plan, sketch, or preliminary drawing 3
- noun design the arrangement or pattern of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work 3
- noun design a finished artistic or decorative creation 3
- noun design the art of designing 3
- noun design a plan, scheme, or project 3
- noun design an end aimed at or planned for; intention; purpose 3
- noun design a plot or hostile scheme, often to gain possession of (something) by illegitimate means 3
- noun design a coherent or purposeful pattern, as opposed to chaos 3
- verb transitive design to make preliminary sketches of; sketch a pattern or outline for; plan 3
- verb transitive design to plan and carry out, esp. by artistic arrangement or in a skillful way 3
- verb transitive design to form (plans, etc.) in the mind; contrive 3
- verb transitive design to plan to do; purpose; intend 3
- verb transitive design to intend or set apart for some purpose 3
- intransitive verb design to make designs 3
- intransitive verb design to make original plans, sketches, patterns, etc.; work as a designer 3
- noun design a plan; scheme; project 3
- noun design purpose; intention; aim 3
- noun design a thing planned for or outcome aimed at 3
- noun design development according to a plan 3
- noun design a secret, usually dishonest or selfish scheme 3
- noun design a plan or sketch to work from; pattern 3
- noun design the art of making designs or patterns 3
- noun design the arrangement of parts, details, form, color, etc. so as to produce an artistic unit; artistic invention 3
- noun design a finished artistic work or decoration 3
- noun design conception 1
- noun design pattern 1
- noun design styling 1
- noun design sketch 1
- noun design outline, blueprint 1
- noun design plan, intention 1
- transitive verb design create blueprint 1
- abbreviation DESIGN devise 1
- noun design practice of designing 1
- noun design intention 1
- abbreviation DESIGN draw 1
- noun Technical meaning of design (process) The approach that engineering (and some other) disciplines use to specify how to create or do something. A successful design must satisfies a (perhaps informal) functional specification (do what it was designed to do); conforms to the limitations of the target medium (it is possible to implement); meets implicit or explicit requirements on performance and resource usage (it is efficient enough). A design may also have to satisfy restrictions on the design process itself, such as its length or cost, or the tools available for doing the design. In the software life-cycle, design follows requirements analysis and is followed by implementation. 1
- verb with object design 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. 1