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design en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈzɑen/ (Australia)
  • (California) audio
  • [dəˈzɑe̯n] (New-Zealand)
  • /dɪˈzaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin designōder. Old French designerder. Middle English designen English design From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
    • The Wikilambda developers charmingly admit that they are not very experienced in language design. 2026, Michael Falk, “Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation’s search for the perfect language”, in AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication, →DOI:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
    • The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
    • Where it had been left hundreds of years ago, / Extract from the depth, is but a setting sun, / Paradise is scarce in this light that won’t shine, / What is our earthly task, but a worthy design? 1999, Lætitia Sadier, “The Free Design”, in Tim Gane (music), Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, performed by Stereolab:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
    • We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts
  4. (countable, uncountable) The composition of a work of art.
  5. (countable, uncountable) Intention or plot.
    • I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure. 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisisana, PG, page 40:
    • Lisicki will rise from her current ranking of 62 to at least 35 in the world on the back of her efforts at the All England Club, but she will have serious designs on a first Grand Slam title after overcoming the 2007 runner-up. 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
    • At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […] 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
    • We have designs on winning the league next season.
    • To be hateful of the truth by design.
    • "They say if anyone's best man more than ten times, he'll never be married. I wanted to be for the tenth time, but the post was taken," said Count Siniavin to the pretty Princess Tcharskaya, who had designs on him. 1901 [1878], chapter 5, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 5:
  6. (countable, uncountable) The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
    • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  7. (countable, uncountable) The art of designing
    • Danish furniture design is world-famous.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
designs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

biodesign · design and release engineer · nanodesign · design system · designwise · service design package · design fiction · designful · secure by design · security-by-design · designathon · design depth · misdesign · designer · design load · subdesign · undesign · stage design · design release engineer · set design · scenic design · design pattern · designment · design speed · antidesign · design language · thermal design power · by design · argument from design · designless · design thinking · nondesign · designoid · industrial design right · security by design · ecodesign · design flaw · design-based learning · design code · design to cost

Descendants

デザイン · ဒီဇိုင်း · design · dizayn · design · design · dizájn · design · design · disain · 디자인 · design · design · design · диза́йн · Design · design · dizajn

Hyponyms

industrial design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · backward design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · interaction design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · defensive design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · seismic design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · deception · instructional design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · design by contract (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · graphic design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · worklist · cradle-to-cradle design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · block design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · domain-driven design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · experimental design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · zero-order design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · intelligent design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · type design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · fashion design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · interior design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · computational design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · model-based design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · product design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · computer-aided design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · checklist · contract-first design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · sound design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · open design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · to-do list · responsive design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · motion design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · schedule · conspiracy · architectural design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · universal design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · flat design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · agenda · web design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · software design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · universal design for instruction (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · firmware design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · information design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · systems design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · docket · functional design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)) · hardware design (plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software))

Meronyms

goal · action

Relateds

diagram

Synonyms

blueprint · plan · diagram (plan) · project · plot · design · proposal · scheme

Translations (263)

cmn 圖樣 /图样 (pattern) · fi kuosi (appearance) · nl design (art of designing) · sl oblikovanje (art of designing) · fr modèle (pattern) · sh nakana (intention) · pl design (art of designing) · et disain (art of designing) · sk dizajn (art of designing) · fr dessein (intention) · id desain (plan) · ka მოდელი (pattern) · is hönnun (plan) · hu dizájn (art of designing) · hu kivitel (composition) · hu kivitelezés (composition) · el σχέδιο (art of designing) · fr intention (intention) · hu kompozíció (composition) · pl wzornictwo (art of designing) · it design (appearance) · fr conception (plan) · hi डिज़ाइन (art of designing) · uk диза́йн (art of designing) · bg шарка (pattern) · fi design (appearance) · pl plan (plan) · eo plano (plan) · izh koosi (pattern) · bg десе́н (pattern) · oc intencion (intention) · hy նախագիծ (plan) · tr dizayn (art of designing) · cmn 設計 /设计 (plan) · lv dizains (art of designing) · ur ڈِیزائِن (plan) · vi thiết kế (art of designing) · hu formatervezés (composition) · hu terv (plan) · es diseño (plan) · sh дизајн (art of designing) · tr bileşim (composition) · lo ລິງລາຽ (pattern) · tr niyet (intention) · cmn 設計 /设计 (art of designing) · sl dizajn (art of designing) · ru констру́кция (plan) · nl ontwerp (plan) · ko 의도 (intention) · cmn 意圖 /意图 (intention) · it design (pattern) · hu stílus (appearance) · af ontwerp (art of designing) · fi kuosi (pattern) · cmn 模式 (pattern) · ru план (intention) · sh нацрт (plan) · fi suunnittelu (art of designing) · ko 디자인 (art of designing) · hu kialakítás (appearance) · it intenzione (intention) · az dizayn (art of designing) · it disegno (plan) · ja 模様 (pattern) · tl antangan (pattern) · fa-ira دیزایْن (plan) · hu arculat (appearance) · ga dearadh (plan) · pt desenho (art of designing) · de Absicht (intention) · ru прое́кт (plan) · mt disinn (plan) · bg диза́йн (art of designing) · da design (art of designing) · gd rùn (intention) · ja デザイン (art of designing) · fi kaavio (plan) · tr desen (pattern) · es diseño (art of designing) · fi muotoilu (art of designing) · hu minta (pattern) · fr design (art of designing) · he עיצוב (art of designing) · ru диза́йн (appearance) · ru вне́шний вид (appearance) · mk план (plan) · ca disseny (plan) · fa-ira طَراحی (plan) · hi डिज़ाइन (plan) · ms reka bentuk (plan) · hi अभिकल्प (plan) · cmn 打算 (intention) · af versameling (composition) · es designio (intention) · ar تَصْمِيم (art of designing) · sh дизајн (pattern) · sh intencija (intention) · bg диза́йн (plan) · tr tasarım (art of designing) · cs design (art of designing) · sv design (plan) · af bedoeling (intention) · ru экстерье́р (appearance) · sh накана (intention) · uz dizayn (art of designing) · sh план (plan) · de Entwurf (appearance) · tr dizayn (plan) · hu dizájn (appearance) · ru у́мысел (intention) · nl dessin (pattern) · pdt Plon (plan) · bg констру́кция (plan) · fa-ira طَرْح (plan) · fi juoni (intention) · fi design (art of designing) · de Muster (pattern) · ka კომპოზიცია (composition) · ka ჩანაფიქრი (intention) · mn дизайн (art of designing) · hu kialakítás (composition) · ru диза́йн (art of designing) · cs návrh (plan) · pdt Plon (pattern) · ko 무늬 (pattern) · cmn 圖案 /图案 (pattern) · ja デザイン (plan) · mk нацрт (plan) · hu formatervezés (art of designing) · bg диза́йн (appearance) · it pianta (plan) · it design (art of designing) · pl wzór (pattern) · ru за́мысел (intention) · ko 계획 (plan) · hu vázlat (plan) · tg дизайн (art of designing) · bg констру́кция (composition) · pt projeto (plan) · it piano (intention) · kk дизайн (art of designing) · de Design (plan) · gl deseño (plan) · bg план (plan) · fi sommittelu (art of designing) · fi aie (intention) · af ontwerp (plan) · pl zamysł (intention) · bg наме́рение (intention) · fi sommitelma (composition) · de Design (art of designing) · pl krój (of a typeface) (appearance) · sh узорак (pattern) · id rancangan (plan) · ar ديزاين (art of designing) · ja デザイン (pattern) · sv formgivning (art of designing) · fi rakennekaavio (plan) · fi asetelma (composition) · uk за́мисел (intention) · ky шөкөт (pattern) · hu tervezőművészet (art of designing) · pl wzór (appearance) · ur تَرْتِیب (plan) · lt dizainas (art of designing) · ru образе́ц (pattern) · nl vormgeving (art of designing) · uk на́мір (intention) · ko 디자인 (plan) · it progetto (plan) · af ontwerp (pattern) · af ontwerp (appearance) · sh nacrt (plan) · lad desen (plan) · pl kompozycja (composition) · fi kuvio (pattern) · ru компози́ция (composition) · th การออกแบบ (art of designing) · ar تصميم (plan) · es deseño (intention) · nv naʼashchʼąąʼ (pattern) · et kavand (plan) · be дыза́йн (art of designing) · bg компози́ция (composition) · it design (plan) · eo projekto (intention) · ka დიზაინი (pattern) · sh мустра (pattern) · oc dessenh (intention) · hu elgondolás (intention) · ko 설계 (plan) · my ဒီဇိုင်း (art of designing) · sv design (art of designing) · ru констру́кция (composition) · pt intenção (intention) · ky дизайн (art of designing) · fi suunnitelma (plan) · pl motyw (pattern) · el σχέδιο (plan) · ar تَخْطِيط (plan) · pt projeto (pattern) · ja 意図 (intention) · fa-ira دیزایْن (art of designing) · nl ontwerp (art of designing) · ka გეგმა (plan) · fi malli (plan) · sh mustra (pattern) · ba ниәт (intention) · hu szándék (intention) · el σχέδιο (pattern) · sh plan (plan) · hu kinézet (appearance) · ko 모습 (appearance) · it progettazione (intention) · de Entwurf (art of designing) · de Entwurf (plan) · ky шөкөт (plan) · ka დიზაინი (art of designing) · mk дизајн (art of designing) · sv utkast (plan) · ru план (plan) · sh dizajn (art of designing) · fa-ira طَراحی (art of designing) · tk dizaýn (art of designing) · tr tasarım (plan) · ru диза́йн (plan) · sq dizajn (art of designing) · uk за́дум (intention) · pl design (appearance) · hu terv (intention) · cmn 設計 /设计 (composition) · fi muotoilu (appearance) · uk план (intention) · tl antangan (plan) · sh dizajn (pattern) · ja 設計 (plan) · tr kompozisyon (composition) · th แบบ (pattern) · pl zamiar (intention) · hu konstrukció (composition) · ru наме́рение (intention) · ro design (art of designing) · uk за́мір (intention) · tr tasarım (appearance) · ru диза́йн (pattern) · hy դիզայն (art of designing) · sh uzorak (pattern) · ru узо́р (pattern) · fi sommittelu (composition) · ru моде́ль (pattern) · pt design (plan) · hu formaterv (appearance) · fi aikomus (intention) · fi suunnitelma (intention) · fi design (pattern) · pl dizajn (appearance) · pl abrys (plan) · sh интенција (intention) · hu tervezet (plan) · ko 설계 (composition) · fr plan (plan) · fi kuviointi (pattern) · pl projekt (plan)

design en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈzɑen/ (Australia)
  • (California) audio
  • [dəˈzɑe̯n] (New-Zealand)
  • /dɪˈzaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin designōder. Old French designerder. Middle English designen English design From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
    • comments designed to chip away at my self-esteem
    • The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • He always designs gaming laptops from 4:00 pm to 1:00 am.
    • She designed his retirement from the Royal Irish Artillery, and had negociated an immediate berth for him on the Staff of the Commander of the Forces, and a prospective one in the household of Lord Townshend […] 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To plan (to do something).
    • The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
    • He was designed to the study of the law. 1700, John Dryden, Translations from Ovid's Epistles, Preface:
    • he looks not below the Moon, but hath designed the regiment of sublunary affairs unto inferiour deputations. 1646, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 10:
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
  5. To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
    • We shall see / Justice design the victor's chivalry. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
    • Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shall design. 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
designs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
designeth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
designedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
designing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
designest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
design Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
design VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
design Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
design Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
design Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
design Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
designed Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
designed Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
designed Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
designed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
designed Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
designed Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
designed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

undesignedly · outdesign · misdesign · designer · a camel is a horse designed by a committee · undesign · undesignable · codesign · redesign · overdesign · designability · designable · foredesign · designedly · designed · undesigned · predesign

Translations (41)

hu tervez (to plan an artwork etc.) · fi suunnitella (to plan an artwork etc.) · pt projetar (to plan an artwork etc.) · fr concevoir (to plan an artwork etc.) · hu megtervez (to plan an artwork etc.) · th ออกแบบ (to plan an artwork etc.) · is hanna (to plan an artwork etc.) · hy նախագծել (to plan an artwork etc.) · fa طراحی کردن (to plan an artwork etc.) · it progettare (to plan an artwork etc.) · uk проєктува́ти (to plan an artwork etc.) · fa طرازیدن (to plan an artwork etc.) · khb ᦎᧂᧉᦞᦱᧆ (to plan an artwork etc.) · lo ອອກແບບ (to plan an artwork etc.) · de designen (to plan an artwork etc.) · shn ၸၼ်ႁၢင်ႈ (to plan an artwork etc.) · sk nadizajnovať (to plan an artwork etc.) · mi hoahoa (to plan an artwork etc.) · sv utforma (to plan an artwork etc.) · fi muotoilla (to plan an artwork etc.) · sd جنسارڻ (to plan an artwork etc.) · qu chantay (to plan an artwork etc.) · sv designa (to plan an artwork etc.) · gl deseñar (to plan an artwork etc.) · pl projektować (to plan an artwork etc.) · et kavandama (to plan an artwork etc.) · ga dear (to plan an artwork etc.) · cmn 設計 /设计 (to plan an artwork etc.) · nl ontwerpen (to plan an artwork etc.) · de entwerfen (to plan an artwork etc.) · khb ᦶᦑᧅᦖᦻ (to plan an artwork etc.) · kw desinya (to plan an artwork etc.) · el σχεδιάζω (to plan an artwork etc.) · tr tasarlamak (to plan an artwork etc.) · bg проектирам (to plan an artwork etc.) · es diseñar (to plan an artwork etc.) · ia designar (to plan an artwork etc.) · mt iddisinnja (to plan an artwork etc.) · bg замислям (to plan an artwork etc.) · ca dissenyar (to plan an artwork etc.) · hu kialakít (to plan an artwork etc.)