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  1. transitive verb To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent: design a good excuse for not attending the conference.
  2. transitive verb To formulate a plan for; devise: designed a marketing strategy for the new product.
  3. transitive verb To plan out in systematic, usually graphic form: design a building; design a computer program.
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  • This design was almost chosen when a severe flood in the river took its bed depth down to 100 ft and this design was shelved. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • While the design is a nice feature to have, as a girl on-the-go, the functionality will carry more weight for me in the long run. —  Notebooks.com
  • Coming up with a design was a simple task, Beicker said. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • Howard said her inspiration for the design was the texture of quilting. —  KentNewsNet.com
  • "The most worrying aspect of the design is the lack of parking - 21 spaces in total," they added. —  HX News and Sport
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English designen, from Latin dēsignāre, to designate; see designate.

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  1. from Old French designer, desseigner, French désigner = Provencal designar, dezignar, desegnar = Spanish Portuguese designar = Italian designare, from Latin designare, also dissignare, mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive, from de- (or dis-) + signare, mark, from signum, a mark: see sign, and cf. assign, consign, etc.
  2. = Old French dessein, desseing, desing, French dessein, design; from the verb.
 

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