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The Meaning of design

  • (n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
  • (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
  • (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.
  • (n.) To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
  • (v. i.) To form a design or designs; to plan.
  • (n.) A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
  • (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
  • (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
  • (n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
  • (n.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.

Synonyms

purpose , blueprint , excogitation , innovation , designing , intention , figure , aim , pattern , plan , invention , intent , conception , program , programme , architectural plan , form , approach pattern , formula , rule , radiation pattern , practice , traffic pattern , radiation diagram , convention , shape , normal , image , flesh , frame , fig , figure of speech , chassis , physical body , trope , soma , human body , physique , public figure , number , digit , bod , name , anatomy , material body , build , objective , use , determination , role , purport , function , spirit , object , target , bearing , heading , foundation , initiation , instauration , introduction , construct , creation , institution , founding , origination , concept , throw , see , protrude , visualize , excogitate , jut , forge , propose , cast , externalise , project , devise , fancy , visualise , stick out , invent , contrive , send off , picture , envision , jut out , externalize , formulate , be after , aspiration , endeavor , tendency , goal , mark , inclination , end

Antonyms

aimlessness , heedlessness , negligence , purposelessness , avoidance , neglect , oversight , thoughtlessness , carelessness

Rhymes

adeline , aerodyne , affine , airline , alamein , align , aline , alkaline , alpine , arline , arlyne , asinine , assign , australopithecine , ballantine , barentine , baseline , benign , bloodline , borderline , bornstein , bovine , brandywine , brine , brookline , bryne , burdine , byline , byzantine , calamine , canine , capitoline , carbine , caroline , celandine , chine , clementine , cline , clozapine , clyne , coastline , columbine , combine , concubine , confine , constantine , crine , crystalline , dateline , deadline , decline , define , devine , dewine , dhein , dine , disincline , divine , dopamine , dragline , dwine , earthshine , eglantine , ein , emeline , emlynne , emmeline , endocrine , enshrine , entwine , epstein , equine , erskine , evangeline , fein , feinstein , feline , feyen , fine , francyne , frankenstein , genuine , gourdine , grapevine , guideline , guynn , gwine , hainline , hairline , hammerstein , headline , hein , heine , hemline , heterodyne , heyen , hine , hornstein , hot-line , huynh , ice-nine , incline , intertwine , iodine , jacobine , jain , karoline , klein , kline , kyne , leontine , lichtenstein , liechtenstein , lifeline , limine , line , lupine , lyne , lysne , macalpine , mainline , malign , mcalpine , microdyne , midline , mine , missildine , moonshine , nadein , nine , online , opine , outline , outshine , palatine , palestine , pine , pipeline , porcupine , prine , pruyn , pyne , quinine , rankine , realign , reassign , recline , recombine , redefine , redesign , refine , resign , rhine , rhyne , rine , rubinstein , saccharine , schein , schlein , sein , serpentine , sharp-sign , shein , shine , shoeshine , shrine , sideline , sign , silverstein , sine , skyline , spine , spline , stein , stine , storyline , streamline , strine , strychnine , styne , sunshine , superheterodyne , supine , swine , thein , thine , timberline , tine , trine , turpentine , twine , tyne , underline , undermine , valentine , vandine , vanduyn , vanduyne , vine , waistline , wallenstein , whine , wine , wyne , zine