design

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
3. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
4. The composition of a work of art.
5. Intention or plot.
6. Intention or plot.
7. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
8. The art of designing

Verb

1. To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
2. (obsolete) To plan (to do something).
3. (obsolete) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
4. (obsolete) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
5. To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.

Concepts

design

plan

pattern

intention

scheme

project

sketch

purpose

plot

drawing

intend

draw

contrive

layout

figure

draft

aim

diagram

model

blueprint

picture

map

outline

structure

devise

illustration

designing

idea

intent

object

construct

image

contemplate

propose

conception

motif

create

style

chart

modeling

modelling

plane

draught

planning

invent

thought

mean

frame

delineate

paint

think

lay out

schedule

ornament

ground plan

attempt

decoration

format

meaning

shape

mark

construction

build

delineation

destine

end

conceive

inner life

designate

stratagem

goal

arrange

fashion

tattoo

resolve

excogitation

innovation

invention

composition

counsel

motive

animus

objective

purport

view

plat

engineer

pencil

program

painting

have in mind

formulate

think of

schema

form

programme

projection

refer

portraiture

photograph

storyboard

cast

pitch

throw

toss

candyfloss

devising

play

cartoon

rough sketch

undertake

artifice

intrigue

trick

decision

inclination

distinction

proposal

writing

dispose

have a mine

incline

porject

artistic work

artistry

plan contrive

skeleton

emblem

symbol

desire

intentional act

premeditation

divine intent

pretension

tracery

assembly

calculation

prototype

specimen

municipal engineering

planning and design engineering

project design

location

orient

consider

compose

attempt to harm

description

line

rank

streak

stripe

cause

effect

intension

purview

sake

scope

sentinel

sentry

tenor

concept

draff

prospectus

cogitate

stencil

framework

infrastructure

embroidery

work

color

draw up

address

aim at

set up

interior

portray

be after

drive

get

footwork

fringe

marking

pip

spot

adumbration

apercu

draft copy

fashion model

make

manakin

manikin

mannikin

mock-up

stamp

type

pare

phrase

trim

word

block out

calculate

connive

make up

map out

mastermind

agenda

road map

imply

import

prefigure

stand for

originate

system

sign

determination

time

typesetting

constructional

structural

constructor

designer

table

letter

adorn

decorate

figure out

puzzle

decorative pattern

configuration

trace

schematic

scheduling

scheming

constitution

colour

will

arrangement

treatment

adornment

decor

decorations

embellishment

ornamentation

lodestar

nonesuch

nonpareil

nonsuch

mechanical drawing

Bristol board

ikon

photo

pic

slide

snapshot

depiction

graphic file

representation

symbolization

signs

signage

signalling

programing

projecting

timetable

shotgun approach

be going to

hope

want

wish

meditate

think up

propound

recommend

suggest

colors

Hyphenated as

de‧sign

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈzaɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English designen, 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.

Sentences

Recent technological improvements in sensor design include above-the-horizon capability and improved resolution .