FromMiddle English designen Old French designer Latin designō ( “ I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive ” ) , fromde- dis- signō ( “ I mark ” ) , fromsignum ( “ mark ” ) .Doublet ofdesignate
design (countable anduncountable plural designs
Aspecification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem. Aplan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.The initialdesign of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
Apattern , as an element of a work of art or architecture.We're working on some newdesigns for our range of summer shirts
Thecomposition of a work of art. Intention orplot .We havedesigns on winning the league next season.
To be hateful of the truth bydesign .
1763 Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz ,History of Louisisana , PG, page40 :I give it you without any otherdesign 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] →OCLC 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 adeſign to ſteal them[ …]
2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, inBBC 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 seriousdesigns on a first Grand Slam title after overcoming the 2007 runner-up.
( particularly ) Malicious ormalevolent intention .To have evildesigns .
The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive. The art of designingDanish furnituredesign is world-famous.
plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)
plan
Afrikaans:ontwerp (af) Arabic:تَخْطِيط m ( taḵṭīṭ ) ,تصميم ( taṣmīm ) Armenian:նախագիծ (hy) ( naxagic ) Bulgarian:план (bg) m ( plan ) ,констру́кция (bg) f ( konstrúkcija ) ,диза́йн (bg) m ( dizájn ) Catalan:disseny (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:設計 / 设计 (zh) ( shèjì ) Czech:návrh (cs) m Dutch:ontwerp (nl) n Estonian:kavand Esperanto:plano Finnish:suunnitelma (fi) ,malli (fi) ,kaavio (fi) ,rakennekaavio French:conception (fr) f plan (fr) m Galician:deseño (gl) m Georgian:გეგმა ( gegma ) German:Design (de) n Entwurf (de) m Greek:σχέδιο (el) n ( schédio ) Hindi:डिज़ाइन m ( ḍizāin ) Hungarian:terv (hu) ,tervezet (hu) ,vázlat (hu) Icelandic:hönnun f Indonesian:desain (id) ,rancangan (id) Irish:dearadh m Italian:disegno (it) m design (it) m progetto (it) ,pianta (it) Japanese:設計 (ja) ( せっけい, sekkei ) ,デザイン (ja) ( dezain ) Korean:설계(設計) (ko) ( seolgye ) ,계획(計劃) (ko) ( gyehoek ) ,디자인 (ko) ( dijain ) Kyrgyz:шөкөт (ky) ( şököt ) Ladino:desen Malay:reka bentuk Maltese:disinn Persian:طراحی (fa) ( tarrâhi ) ,دیزاین (fa) ( dizâyn ) ,طرح (fa) ( tarh ) Plautdietsch:Plon m Polish:projekt (pl) m inan plan (pl) m inan abrys (pl) m Portuguese:projeto (pt) m design (pt) m Russian:план (ru) m ( plan ) ,констру́кция (ru) f ( konstrúkcija ) ,диза́йн (ru) m ( dizájn ) ,прое́кт (ru) m ( proékt ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:нацрт m план m Roman:nacrt (sh) m plan (sh) m Sindhi:َجنسار f ( Jinsaar-a ) Spanish:diseño (es) m modelo (es) m Tagalog:antangan Turkish:dizayn (tr) ,tasarım (tr)
pattern
Afrikaans:ontwerp (af) Bulgarian:шарка (bg) f ( šarka ) ,десен (bg) m ( desen ) Chinese:Mandarin:圖案 / 图案 (zh) ( tú'àn ) ,圖樣 / 图样 (zh) ( túyàng ) ,模式 (zh) ( móshì ) Dutch:dessin (nl) Finnish:kuvio (fi) ,design (fi) ,kuviointi (fi) ,kuosi (fi) French:modèle (fr) f Georgian:დიზაინი (ka) ( dizaini ) ,მოდელი ( modeli ) German:Muster (de) n Greek:σχέδιο (el) n ( schédio ) Hungarian:minta (hu) Ingrian:koosi Italian:design (it) Japanese:模様 (ja) ( もよう, moyō ) ,デザイン (ja) ( dezain ) Korean:무늬 (ko) ( munui ) Kyrgyz:шөкөт (ky) ( şököt ) Lao:ລິງລາຽ ( ling lāi ) Navajo:naʼashchʼąąʼ Plautdietsch:Plon m Polish:wzór (pl) m inan motyw (pl) m inan Portuguese:projeto (pt) m Russian:узо́р (ru) m ( uzór ) ,образе́ц (ru) m ( obrazéc ) ,моде́ль (ru) f ( modɛ́lʹ ) ,диза́йн (ru) m ( dizájn ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:узорак m дизајн m мустра f Roman:uzorak (sh) m dizajn (sh) m mustra (sh) f Spanish:modelo (es) m Tagalog:antangan Thai:แบบ (th) ( bɛ̀ɛp ) Turkish:desen (tr)
composition
Afrikaans:versameling (af) Bulgarian:компози́ция (bg) f ( kompozícija ) ,констру́кция (bg) f ( konstrúkcija ) Chinese:Mandarin:設計 / 设计 (zh) ( shèjì ) Finnish:sommittelu (fi) ,sommitelma (fi) ,asetelma (fi) Georgian:კომპოზიცია ( ḳomṗozicia ) Hungarian:kialakítás (hu) ,kivitelezés (hu) ,kivitel (hu) ,kompozíció (hu) ,konstrukció (hu) ,formatervezés (hu) Korean:설계(設計) (ko) ( seolgye ) Polish:kompozycja (pl) f Russian:компози́ция (ru) f ( kompozícija ) ,констру́кция (ru) f ( konstrúkcija ) Turkish:bileşim (tr) ,kompozisyon (tr)
intention
Afrikaans:bedoeling (af) Bashkir:ниәт ( niət ) Bulgarian:наме́рение (bg) n ( namérenie ) Chinese:Mandarin:打算 (zh) ( dǎsuàn, dǎsuan ) ,意圖 / 意图 (zh) ( yìtú ) Esperanto:projekto Finnish:suunnitelma (fi) ,juoni (fi) ,aie (fi) ,aikomus (fi) French:dessein (fr) m intention (fr) f Georgian:ჩანაფიქრი ( čanapikri ) German:Absicht (de) f Hungarian:szándék (hu) ,terv (hu) ,elgondolás (hu) Italian:intenzione (it) f piano (it) m progettazione (it) Japanese:意図 (ja) ( いと, ito ) Korean:의도(意圖) (ko) ( uido ) Occitan:dessenh (oc) m intencion (oc) f Polish:zamysł (pl) m inan zamiar (pl) m inan Portuguese:intenção (pt) f Russian:план (ru) m ( plan ) ,наме́рение (ru) n ( namérenije ) ,за́мысел (ru) m ( zámysel ) ,( evil plot ) у́мысел (ru) m ( úmysel ) Scottish Gaelic:rùn m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:интенција f накана f Roman:intencija (sh) f nakana (sh) f Spanish:intención (es) f voluntad (es) f Turkish:niyet (tr) Ukrainian:за́дум (uk) m ( zádum ) ,за́мисел m ( zámysel ) ,за́мір m ( zámir ) ,на́мір (uk) m ( námir ) ,план (uk) m ( plan )
appearance
Afrikaans:ontwerp (af) Bulgarian:диза́йн (bg) m ( dizájn ) Finnish:muotoilu (fi) ,design (fi) ,kuosi (fi) German:Entwurf (de) m Hungarian:kinézet (hu) ,kialakítás (hu) ,arculat (hu) ,formaterv stílus (hu) ,dizájn (hu) Italian:design (it) Korean:모습 (ko) ( moseup ) Polish:wzór (pl) m inan krój (pl) m inan ( of a typeface ) ,design (pl) m inan dizajn (pl) m inan Russian:диза́йн (ru) m ( dizájn ) ,вне́шний вид (ru) m ( vnéšnij vid ) ,экстерье́р (ru) m ( ekstɛrʹjér ) Turkish:tasarım (tr)
art of designing
Afrikaans:ontwerp (af) Albanian:dizajn m Arabic:تَصْمِيم m ( taṣmīm ) ,ديزاين m ( dīzāyn ) Armenian:դիզայն (hy) ( dizayn ) Azerbaijani:dizayn Belarusian:дыза́йн m ( dyzájn ) Bulgarian:диза́йн (bg) m ( dizájn ) Burmese:ဒီဇိုင်း (my) ( dijuing: ) Chinese:Mandarin:設計 / 设计 (zh) ( shèjì ) Czech:design (cs) m Danish:design c Dutch:vormgeving (nl) ,ontwerp (nl) n design (nl) n Estonian:disain Finnish:muotoilu (fi) ,design (fi) ,suunnittelu (fi) ,sommittelu (fi) French:design (fr) m Georgian:დიზაინი (ka) ( dizaini ) German:Design (de) n Entwurf (de) m Greek:σχέδιο (el) n ( schédio ) Hebrew:עיצוב m ( 'ytzuv ) Hindi:डिज़ाइन ( ḍizāin ) Hungarian:formatervezés (hu) ,tervezőművészet dizájn (hu) Italian:design (it) m Japanese:デザイン (ja) ( dezain ) Kazakh:дизайн ( dizain ) Korean:디자인 (ko) ( dijain ) Kyrgyz:дизайн (ky) ( dizayn ) Latvian:dizains m Lithuanian:dizainas m Macedonian:дизајн m ( dizajn ) Mongolian:дизайн (mn) ( dizajn ) Persian:طراحی (fa) ( tarrâhi ) ,دیزاین (fa) ( dizâyn ) Polish:wzornictwo n design (pl) m Portuguese:desenho (pt) m Romanian:design (ro) n Russian:диза́йн (ru) m ( dizájn ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:дизајн m Roman:dizajn (sh) Slovak:dizajn m Slovene:dizajn m oblikovanje n Spanish:diseño (es) m Swedish:design (sv) c formgivning (sv) c formgivning (sv) c Tajik:дизайн ( dizayn ) Thai:การออกแบบ (th) ( gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-bɛ̀ɛp ) Turkish:dizayn (tr) ,tasarım (tr) Turkmen:dizaýn Ukrainian:диза́йн (uk) m ( dyzájn ) Uzbek:dizayn (uz) Vietnamese:thiết kế (vi)
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design (third-person singular simple present designs present participle designing simple past and past participle designed
( transitive ) plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).[from 17th c.] 1863 The House by the Churchyard Shedesigned 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, inThe China Governess: A Mystery Chatto & Windus ,→OCLC The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furnituredesigned 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 ) plan (to do something).The kingdesigned to mount an expedition to the New World.
( obsolete , transitive ) assign ,appoint (somethingto designate .[16th–19th c.] 1700 John Dryden ,Translations from Ovid's Epistles , Preface:He wasdesigned to the study of the law.
( obsolete , transitive ) Tomanifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.1595 William Shakespeare , “The life and death of King Richard the Second ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene i] :We shall see / Justicedesign the victor's chivalry.
1616–1619 (first performance),John Fletcher ,Philip Massinger ,Nathan Field , “The Knight of Malta ”, inComedies and Tragedies [ … ] [ … ] Humphrey Robinson , [ … ] Humphrey Moseley [ … ] 1647 ,→OCLC Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shalldesign .
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“design ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “design ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “design ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . design m inan
design Declension ofdesign (hard masculine inanimate )
“design ”, inKartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “design ”, inAkademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words 1995 Borrowed fromEnglish design
IPA (key ) : /diˈzɑi̯n/ Hyphenation:de‧sign design n plural designs
design Synonyms: ontwerp vormgeving Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish design
design
design Synonym: suunnittelu or
Borrowed fromEnglish design Doublet ofdessein
design m plural designs
design Borrowed fromEnglish design Latin designō ( “ I mark out, describe, plan ” ) .
design (countable anduncountable plural designok
design ( art and profession of designing functional objects such as furniture, vehicles, household appliances, etc. ) Synonym: formatervezés See atdizájn
dizájn in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .Borrowed fromEnglish design
design m invariable
design design
imperative ofdesigne Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish design Middle English designen Old French designer Latin dēsignō
design m inan
( design ) design ( plan of usable objects ) Synonyms: wzornictwo wzornictwo przemysłowe ( design ) design ( appearance of usable objects ) Hypernym: wygląd design inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANdesign in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish design Doublet ofdesenhar designar
( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni] ,/d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni] ( Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni] ,/d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni] ( Southern Brazil ) IPA (key ) : /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni]
design m plural designs
design ( plan for the structure and functions of an object or system ) Synonyms: projeto desenho design ( aesthetically pleasing shape or appearance of an object ) design ( the art of designing aesthetically pleasing things ) Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish design
design n uncountable
design Borrowed fromEnglish design
design c
( countable , uncountable ) design Synonym: ( artistic ) formgivning 
