designverb
uk/dɪˈzaɪn/us/dɪˈzaɪn/design verb (PLAN)
B1 [ I or T ] to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings:
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- In 1960, Pierre Cardin became the first couturier to design men's clothes.
- He's designed dresses for many celebrities, most famously the Queen.
- All our advertising material is designed in-house.
- The building isn't designed very well from the point of view of wheelchair access.
- Adam designed and wrote the software.
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Inventing, designing and innovation
- architect
- artificer
- authoring
- blueprint
- cad
- coin
- computer-aided design
- engineer
- father
- founding father
- guinea pig
- innovate
- interior design
- mint
- pioneer
- research
- research and development
- robotics
- tech
- technical
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design verb (INTEND)
B2 [ T usually passive ] to intend:
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- The advertisements were designed to shock - that was the whole point of the campaign.
- The government has produced a series of leaflets designed to extend public awareness of the dangers of AIDS.
- This course is designed to give drivers a grounding in car maintenance.
- By its nature, terrorism is designed to strike at the heart of our democratic values.
- The new law is designed to protect people's privacy.
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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designnoun
uk/dɪˈzaɪn/us/dɪˈzaɪn/design noun (PLAN)
C1 [ C ] a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work and look:
B1 [ U ] also designing the art of making plans or drawings for something:
B1 [ S or U ] the way in which something is planned and made:
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- The design of the church echoes that of St. Paul's Cathedral.
- There was a very positive response to our new design - people seemed very pleased with it.
- The designs for the new mosque have attracted widespread criticism.
- The fault surely lies in the design of the equipment.
- The car has a serious design fault.
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Architecture
- architect
- architectural
- architecture
- blueprint
- colonial
- floor plan
- Georgian
- Gothic
- ground plan
- modernism
- modernist
- neoclassical
- plan
- rococo
- Romanesque
- vernacular
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design noun (PATTERN)
B1 [ C ] a pattern used to decorate something:
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- pattern
- silhouette
- spotted
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
- tartan
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design noun (INTENTION)
intentionally:
plans, often ones that are not honest, to get something or someone for yourself:
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Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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