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design verb (designed, designing) 1 to develop or prepare a plan, drawing or model of something before it is built or made. 2 formal to plan, intend or develop something for a particular purpose. noun 1 a plan, drawing or model showing how something is to be made. 2 the art or job of making such drawings, plans, etc. 3 the way in which something has been made. 4 a picture, pattern, arrangement of shapes, etc used eg as decoration. 5 a plan, purpose or intention. designable adj. designedly adverb intentionally; on purpose. designing adj, derog using cunning and deceit to achieve a purpose. designingly adverb. by design intentionally. have designs on someone or something to have plans to appropriate them or it.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from French désigner.
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