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- [dih-zahyn]
- /dɪˈzaɪn/
- /dɪˈzaɪn/
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- [dih-zahyn]
- /dɪˈzaɪn/
Definitions of design word
- 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
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Origin of design
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English designen < Latin dēsignāre to mark out. See de-, sign
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Parts of speech for Design
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
design popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
design usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for design
noun design
- picture — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- scheme — a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
- layout — an arrangement or plan: We objected to the layout of the house.
- form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- map — Walter, c1140–1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
verb design
- fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- invent — to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
Antonyms for design
noun design
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- being — Being is the present participle of be1.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
verb design
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- mix up — an act or instance of mixing.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
Top questions with design
- what is graphics design?
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