design
noun
[ dɪˈzʌɪn ]
• a plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made.
• "he has just unveiled his design for the new museum"
Similar:
plan,
blueprint,
drawing,
scale drawing,
sketch,
outline,
map,
plot,
diagram,
delineation,
draft,
depiction,
representation,
artist's impression,
scheme,
model,
prototype,
proposal,
• a decorative pattern.
• "pottery with a lovely blue and white design"
Similar:
pattern,
motif,
device,
style,
arrangement,
composition,
make-up,
layout,
constitution,
configuration,
organization,
construction,
shape,
form,
formation,
figure,
• purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object.
• "the appearance of design in the universe"
Similar:
intention,
aim,
purpose,
plan,
intent,
objective,
object,
goal,
end,
target,
point,
hope,
desire,
wish,
dream,
aspiration,
ambition,
idea,
design
verb
• decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it.
• "a number of architectural students were designing a factory"
Similar:
plan,
draw plans of,
draw,
sketch,
outline,
map out,
plot,
block out,
delineate,
draft,
depict,
invent,
originate,
create,
think up,
come up with,
devise,
form,
formulate,
conceive,
make,
produce,
develop,
fashion,
fabricate,
forge,
hatch,
coin,
dream up,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘to designate’): from Latin designare ‘to designate’, reinforced by French désigner . The noun is via French from Italian.
