design
/dɪˈzaɪn/ verb B1- To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). · comments designed to chip away at my self-esteem· He always designs gaming laptops from 4:00 pm to 1:00 am.
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
Plural design · He/she/it designs · Past designed · Past participle designed · -ing form designing
Verb forms
- Base form
- design
- He/she/it
- designs
- Past
- designed
- Past participle
- designed
- -ing form
- designing
From the library
“Is that his design in settling here?”
“Design?
He was twenty-two years old; he considered architecture to be truly an art; and he honestly believed—though he would not have dared to admit it in New York—that the Flatiron Building was inferior in design to the great cathedral in Milan.
“Then,” said the abbé, “we may hope to put our design into execution.”
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