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What's The Definition Of Design?
[n] the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
[n] a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" [n] a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building" [n] the creation of something in the mind [n] an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" [n] something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [n] an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [v] intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business" [v] design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work" [v] create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" [v] conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day" [v] make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" [v] make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" [v] create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" Synonyms | Synonyms for Design: aim | blueprint | conception | contrive | designing | excogitation | figure | innovation | intent | intention | invention | pattern | pattern | plan | plan | project | purpose Related Terms | Find terms related to Design: abstract art | action | aim | aim at | ambition | anagnorisis | angle | animus | approach | architectonics | architecture | argument | arrange | arrangement | art | art form | art object | artful dodge | artifice | artist | arts and crafts | arts of design | aspiration | 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| grouping | guidelines | harbor a design | hatch | have every intention | hocus-pocus | house plan | ichnography | idea | improvise | incident | intend | intendment | intent | intention | intrigue | invent | invention | joker | juggle | jugglery | kitsch | knavery | lay out | lay plans | layout | lied form | limn | line | line drawing | lineup | little game | local color | long-range plan | machination | make | make a projection | make arrangements | make do with | make up | maneuver | manipulation | map | map out | mapping | master | master plan | masterpiece | masterwork | mature | mean | meaning | method | methodize | methodology | mind | mint | mobile | model | mood | motif | motive | mould | move | movement | museum piece | mythos | national style | nisus | nude | object | objective | old master | operations research | organization | organize | originate | ornamental motif | outline | paint | paint a picture | painterliness | pass | pastel | pasticcio | pastiche | pattern | pen-and-ink | pencil | pencil drawing | period style | peripeteia | perspective | photography | picture | picturize | piece | piece of virtu | plan | plan ahead | planning | planning function | plastic art | plot | ploy | point | portray | prearrange | prearrangement | primary form | primitive art | procedure | procreate | produce | profile | program | program of action | project | projection | proposal | propose | prospectus | prototype | purport | purpose | racket | rationalization | rationalize | recognition | red herring | reflection | repeated figure | resolution | resolve | rising action | rondo form | rough | rough copy | rough draft | rough outline | ruse | sake | schedule | schema | schematism | schematization | schematize | scheme | scheme of arrangement | scratch | sculpture | scumble | scurvy trick | secondary plot | set out | set up | setting | setup | shade | shading | shadow | shape | shift | silhouette | silver-print drawing | sinopia | skeleton | sketch | sketch out | slant | sleight | sleight of hand | sleight-of-hand trick | sonata allegro | sonata form | spawn | stabile | statue | stencil | still life | story | stratagem | strategic plan | strategy | strike out | striving | structure | study | style | subject | subplot | subterfuge | switch | symphonic form | system | systematization | systematize | table | tactic | tactical plan | tactics | target | technique | the arts | the big picture | the picture | thematic development | theme | think | think of | think out | think up | thinking | thought | tint | toccata form | tone | topic | touch | trace | tracing | treatment | trick | trickery | twist | undertaking | values | view | vignette | virtu | visualize | volition | way | wile | will | wily device | work | work of art | work out | work up | working drawing | working plan See Also | arrangement | bear claw | blueprint | conceive | conceptualise | conceptualize | concert | concoction | contrivance | create | create by mental act | create mentally | creating by mental acts | creativeness | creativity | cross-purpose | cut | damascene | decal | decalcomania | decoration | designate | destine | device | draft | draught | emblem | end | engineer | gestate | goal | hotel plan | idea | intend | layout | linocut | make | make up | map | map out | marking | meal plan | mean | mind | motif | organisation | organization | ornament | ornamentation | planning | polka dot | program | programme | redesign | sake | screen saver | sketch | snare | specify | study | style | system | tailor | tattoo | think | trap | view | weave | will Design In Webster's Dictionary \De*sign"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d['e]signer to designate, cf.
F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or
scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de-
+ signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See {Sign},
and cf. {Design}, n., {Designate}.]
1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch
for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to
draw. --Dryden.
2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to
show; to point out; to appoint.
We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry.
--Shak.
Meet me to-morrow where the master And this
fraternity shall design. --Beau. & Fl.
3. 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.
4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the
remote object, but sometimes with to.
Ask of politicians the end for which laws were
originally designed. --Burke.
He was designed to the study of the law. --Dryden.
Syn: To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project;
mean.
\De*sign"\, v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan. {Design for}, to intend to go to. [Obs.] ``From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne].'' --Evelyn. \De*sign"\, n. [Cf. dessein, dessin.] 1. 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. 2. 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. The vast design and purpos? of the King. --Tennyson. The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman. --Hallam. A . . . settled design upon another man's life. --Locke. How little he could guess the secret designs of the court! --Macaulay. 3. Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design. 4. 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. 5. (Mus.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole. {Arts of design}, those into which the designing of artistic forms and figures enters as a principal part, as architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture. {School of design}, one in which are taught the invention and delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns, and the like. Syn: Intention; purpose; scheme; project; plan; idea. Usage: {Design}, {Intention}, {Purpose}. Design has reference to something definitely aimed at. Intention points to the feelings or desires with which a thing is sought. Purpose has reference to a settled choice or determination for its attainment. ``I had no design to injure you,'' means it was no part of my aim or object. ``I had no intention to injure you,'' means, I had no wish or desire of that kind. ``My purpose was directly the reverse,'' makes the case still stronger. Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life? --Tillotson. I wish others the same intention, and greater successes. --Sir W. Temple. It is the purpose that makes strong the vow. --Shak. |
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