design

design (nominative singular)
designy (nominative plural)
designu (genitive singular)
designů (genitive plural)
designu (dative singular)
designům (dative plural)
design (accusative singular)
designy (accusative plural)
designe (singular vocative)
designy (plural vocative)
designu (locative singular)
designech (locative plural)
designem (instrumental singular)
designy (instrumental plural)


design

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 initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.

We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

We have designs on winning the league next season.

To be hateful of the truth by design.

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:

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:

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:

To have evil designs.

(particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.

Intention or plot.
Malicious or malevolent intention.

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:

The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.

Danish furniture design is world-famous.

en-noun

design (countable and uncountable, plural designs)

→ Burmese: ဒီဇိုင်း (dijuing:)

→ Czech: design

→ Dutch: design

→ Finnish: design

→ French: design

→ German: Design

→ Hungarian: dizájn, design

→ Italian: design

→ Japanese: デザイン (dezain)

→ Korean: 디자인 (dijain)

→ Polish: design

→ Portuguese: design

desctree

→ Russian: диза́йн (dizájn)
→ Kazakh: дизайн (dizain)

→ Serbo-Croatian: dizajn

→ Swedish: design

→ Turkish: dizayn

From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“I mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.


design

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:

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:

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).

The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.

(obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).

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:

He was designed to the study of the law.

1700, John Dryden, Translations from Ovid's Epistles, Preface:

(obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.

(obsolete, transitive) 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.

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:

To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.

en-verb

design (third-person singular simple present designs, present participle designing, simple past and past participle designed)

designs (present singular third-person)
designing (participle present)
designed (participle past)
designed (past)

a camel is a horse designed by a committee


design

design (nominative singular)
designit (nominative plural)
design (accusative nominative singular)
designit (accusative nominative plural)
designin (accusative genitive singular)
designit (accusative genitive plural)
designin (genitive singular)
designien (genitive plural)
designia (partitive singular)
designeja (partitive plural)
designissa (inessive singular)
designeissa (inessive plural)
designista (elative singular)
designeista (elative plural)
designiin (illative singular)
designeihin (illative plural)
designilla (adessive singular)
designeilla (adessive plural)
designilta (ablative singular)
designeilta (ablative plural)
designille (allative singular)
designeille (allative plural)
designina (essive singular)
designeina (essive plural)
designiksi (singular translative)
designeiksi (plural translative)
designitta (abessive singular)
designeitta (abessive plural)
designein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
designini (nominative singular)
designini (nominative plural)
designini (accusative nominative singular)
designini (accusative nominative plural)
designini (accusative genitive singular)
designini (accusative genitive plural)
designini (genitive singular)
designieni (genitive plural)
designiani (partitive singular)
designejani (partitive plural)
designissani (inessive singular)
designeissani (inessive plural)
designistani (elative singular)
designeistani (elative plural)
designiini (illative singular)
designeihini (illative plural)
designillani (adessive singular)
designeillani (adessive plural)
designiltani (ablative singular)
designeiltani (ablative plural)
designilleni (allative singular)
designeilleni (allative plural)
designinani (essive singular)
designeinani (essive plural)
designikseni (singular translative)
designeikseni (plural translative)
designittani (abessive singular)
designeittani (abessive plural)
designeineni (comitative plural)
designisi (nominative singular)
designisi (nominative plural)
designisi (accusative nominative singular)
designisi (accusative nominative plural)
designisi (accusative genitive singular)
designisi (accusative genitive plural)
designisi (genitive singular)
designiesi (genitive plural)
designiasi (partitive singular)
designejasi (partitive plural)
designissasi (inessive singular)
designeissasi (inessive plural)
designistasi (elative singular)
designeistasi (elative plural)
designiisi (illative singular)
designeihisi (illative plural)
designillasi (adessive singular)
designeillasi (adessive plural)
designiltasi (ablative singular)
designeiltasi (ablative plural)
designillesi (allative singular)
designeillesi (allative plural)
designinasi (essive singular)
designeinasi (essive plural)
designiksesi (singular translative)
designeiksesi (plural translative)
designittasi (abessive singular)
designeittasi (abessive plural)
designeinesi (comitative plural)
designimme (nominative singular)
designimme (nominative plural)
designimme (accusative nominative singular)
designimme (accusative nominative plural)
designimme (accusative genitive singular)
designimme (accusative genitive plural)
designimme (genitive singular)
designiemme (genitive plural)
designiamme (partitive singular)
designejamme (partitive plural)
designissamme (inessive singular)
designeissamme (inessive plural)
designistamme (elative singular)
designeistamme (elative plural)
designiimme (illative singular)
designeihimme (illative plural)
designillamme (adessive singular)
designeillamme (adessive plural)
designiltamme (ablative singular)
designeiltamme (ablative plural)
designillemme (allative singular)
designeillemme (allative plural)
designinamme (essive singular)
designeinamme (essive plural)
designiksemme (singular translative)
designeiksemme (plural translative)
designittamme (abessive singular)
designeittamme (abessive plural)
designeinemme (comitative plural)
designinne (nominative singular)
designinne (nominative plural)
designinne (accusative nominative singular)
designinne (accusative nominative plural)
designinne (accusative genitive singular)
designinne (accusative genitive plural)
designinne (genitive singular)
designienne (genitive plural)
designianne (partitive singular)
designejanne (partitive plural)
designissanne (inessive singular)
designeissanne (inessive plural)
designistanne (elative singular)
designeistanne (elative plural)
designiinne (illative singular)
designeihinne (illative plural)
designillanne (adessive singular)
designeillanne (adessive plural)
designiltanne (ablative singular)
designeiltanne (ablative plural)
designillenne (allative singular)
designeillenne (allative plural)
designinanne (essive singular)
designeinanne (essive plural)
designiksenne (singular translative)
designeiksenne (plural translative)
designittanne (abessive singular)
designeittanne (abessive plural)
designeinenne (comitative plural)
designinsa (nominative singular)
designinsa (nominative plural)
designinsa (accusative nominative singular)
designinsa (accusative nominative plural)
designinsa (accusative genitive singular)
designinsa (accusative genitive plural)
designinsa (genitive singular)
designiensa (genitive plural)
designiaan (partitive singular)
designiansa (partitive singular)
designejaan (partitive plural)
designejansa (partitive plural)
designissaan (inessive singular)
designissansa (inessive singular)
designeissaan (inessive plural)
designeissansa (inessive plural)
designistaan (elative singular)
designistansa (elative singular)
designeistaan (elative plural)
designeistansa (elative plural)
designiinsa (illative singular)
designeihinsa (illative plural)
designillaan (adessive singular)
designillansa (adessive singular)
designeillaan (adessive plural)
designeillansa (adessive plural)
designiltaan (ablative singular)
designiltansa (ablative singular)
designeiltaan (ablative plural)
designeiltansa (ablative plural)
designilleen (allative singular)
designillensa (allative singular)
designeilleen (allative plural)
designeillensa (allative plural)
designinaan (essive singular)
designinansa (essive singular)
designeinaan (essive plural)
designeinansa (essive plural)
designikseen (singular translative)
designiksensa (singular translative)
designeikseen (plural translative)
designeiksensa (plural translative)
designittaan (abessive singular)
designittansa (abessive singular)
designeittaan (abessive plural)
designeittansa (abessive plural)
designeineen (comitative plural)
designeinensa (comitative plural)
design (nominative singular)
designit (nominative plural)
design (accusative nominative singular)
designit (accusative nominative plural)
designin (accusative genitive singular)
designit (accusative genitive plural)
designin (genitive singular)
designien (genitive plural)
designiä (partitive singular)
designejä (partitive plural)
designissä (inessive singular)
designeissä (inessive plural)
designistä (elative singular)
designeistä (elative plural)
designiin (illative singular)
designeihin (illative plural)
designillä (adessive singular)
designeillä (adessive plural)
designiltä (ablative singular)
designeiltä (ablative plural)
designille (allative singular)
designeille (allative plural)
designinä (essive singular)
designeinä (essive plural)
designiksi (singular translative)
designeiksi (plural translative)
designittä (abessive singular)
designeittä (abessive plural)
designein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
designini (nominative singular)
designini (nominative plural)
designini (accusative nominative singular)
designini (accusative nominative plural)
designini (accusative genitive singular)
designini (accusative genitive plural)
designini (genitive singular)
designieni (genitive plural)
designiäni (partitive singular)
designejäni (partitive plural)
designissäni (inessive singular)
designeissäni (inessive plural)
designistäni (elative singular)
designeistäni (elative plural)
designiini (illative singular)
designeihini (illative plural)
designilläni (adessive singular)
designeilläni (adessive plural)
designiltäni (ablative singular)
designeiltäni (ablative plural)
designilleni (allative singular)
designeilleni (allative plural)
designinäni (essive singular)
designeinäni (essive plural)
designikseni (singular translative)
designeikseni (plural translative)
designittäni (abessive singular)
designeittäni (abessive plural)
designeineni (comitative plural)
designisi (nominative singular)
designisi (nominative plural)
designisi (accusative nominative singular)
designisi (accusative nominative plural)
designisi (accusative genitive singular)
designisi (accusative genitive plural)
designisi (genitive singular)
designiesi (genitive plural)
designiäsi (partitive singular)
designejäsi (partitive plural)
designissäsi (inessive singular)
designeissäsi (inessive plural)
designistäsi (elative singular)
designeistäsi (elative plural)
designiisi (illative singular)
designeihisi (illative plural)
designilläsi (adessive singular)
designeilläsi (adessive plural)
designiltäsi (ablative singular)
designeiltäsi (ablative plural)
designillesi (allative singular)
designeillesi (allative plural)
designinäsi (essive singular)
designeinäsi (essive plural)
designiksesi (singular translative)
designeiksesi (plural translative)
designittäsi (abessive singular)
designeittäsi (abessive plural)
designeinesi (comitative plural)
designimme (nominative singular)
designimme (nominative plural)
designimme (accusative nominative singular)
designimme (accusative nominative plural)
designimme (accusative genitive singular)
designimme (accusative genitive plural)
designimme (genitive singular)
designiemme (genitive plural)
designiämme (partitive singular)
designejämme (partitive plural)
designissämme (inessive singular)
designeissämme (inessive plural)
designistämme (elative singular)
designeistämme (elative plural)
designiimme (illative singular)
designeihimme (illative plural)
designillämme (adessive singular)
designeillämme (adessive plural)
designiltämme (ablative singular)
designeiltämme (ablative plural)
designillemme (allative singular)
designeillemme (allative plural)
designinämme (essive singular)
designeinämme (essive plural)
designiksemme (singular translative)
designeiksemme (plural translative)
designittämme (abessive singular)
designeittämme (abessive plural)
designeinemme (comitative plural)
designinne (nominative singular)
designinne (nominative plural)
designinne (accusative nominative singular)
designinne (accusative nominative plural)
designinne (accusative genitive singular)
designinne (accusative genitive plural)
designinne (genitive singular)
designienne (genitive plural)
designiänne (partitive singular)
designejänne (partitive plural)
designissänne (inessive singular)
designeissänne (inessive plural)
designistänne (elative singular)
designeistänne (elative plural)
designiinne (illative singular)
designeihinne (illative plural)
designillänne (adessive singular)
designeillänne (adessive plural)
designiltänne (ablative singular)
designeiltänne (ablative plural)
designillenne (allative singular)
designeillenne (allative plural)
designinänne (essive singular)
designeinänne (essive plural)
designiksenne (singular translative)
designeiksenne (plural translative)
designittänne (abessive singular)
designeittänne (abessive plural)
designeinenne (comitative plural)
designinsä (nominative singular)
designinsä (nominative plural)
designinsä (accusative nominative singular)
designinsä (accusative nominative plural)
designinsä (accusative genitive singular)
designinsä (accusative genitive plural)
designinsä (genitive singular)
designiensä (genitive plural)
designiään (partitive singular)
designiänsä (partitive singular)
designejään (partitive plural)
designejänsä (partitive plural)
designissään (inessive singular)
designissänsä (inessive singular)
designeissään (inessive plural)
designeissänsä (inessive plural)
designistään (elative singular)
designistänsä (elative singular)
designeistään (elative plural)
designeistänsä (elative plural)
designiinsä (illative singular)
designeihinsä (illative plural)
designillään (adessive singular)
designillänsä (adessive singular)
designeillään (adessive plural)
designeillänsä (adessive plural)
designiltään (ablative singular)
designiltänsä (ablative singular)
designeiltään (ablative plural)
designeiltänsä (ablative plural)
designilleen (allative singular)
designillensä (allative singular)
designeilleen (allative plural)
designeillensä (allative plural)
designinään (essive singular)
designinänsä (essive singular)
designeinään (essive plural)
designeinänsä (essive plural)
designikseen (singular translative)
designiksensä (singular translative)
designeikseen (plural translative)
designeiksensä (plural translative)
designittään (abessive singular)
designittänsä (abessive singular)
designeittään (abessive plural)
designeittänsä (abessive plural)
designeineen (comitative plural)
designeinensä (comitative plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English design.


design

Borrowed from English design. Doublet of dessein.


design

design (art and profession of designing functional objects such as furniture, vehicles, household appliances, etc.)

head

design (countable and uncountable, plural designok)

designok (plural)
design (nominative singular)
designok (nominative plural)
designt (accusative singular)
designokat (accusative plural)
designnak (dative singular)
designoknak (dative plural)
designnal (instrumental singular)
designokkal (instrumental plural)
designért (causal-final singular)
designokért (causal-final plural)
designná (singular translative)
designokká (plural translative)
designig (singular terminative)
designokig (plural terminative)
designként (essive-formal singular)
designokként (essive-formal plural)
designban (inessive singular)
designokban (inessive plural)
designon (singular superessive)
designokon (plural superessive)
designnál (adessive singular)
designoknál (adessive plural)
designba (illative singular)
designokba (illative plural)
designra (singular sublative)
designokra (plural sublative)
designhoz (allative singular)
designokhoz (allative plural)
designból (elative singular)
designokból (elative plural)
designról (delative singular)
designokról (delative plural)
designtól (ablative singular)
designoktól (ablative plural)
designé (singular)
designoké (plural)
designéi (singular)
designokéi (plural)
designom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
designjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
designod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
designjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
designja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
designjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
designunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
designjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
designotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
designjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
designjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
designjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
dizájn (alternative)

Borrowed from English design, from Latin designō (“I mark out, describe, plan”).


design

(design) design (plan of usable objects)

(design) design (appearance of usable objects)

design (nominative singular)
designy (nominative plural)
designu (genitive singular)
designów (genitive plural)
designowi (dative singular)
designom (dative plural)
design (accusative singular)
designy (accusative plural)
designem (instrumental singular)
designami (instrumental plural)
designie (locative singular)
designach (locative plural)
designie (singular vocative)
designy (plural vocative)
dizajn (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from English design, from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin dēsignō.


design

design (plan for the structure and functions of an object or system)

design (aesthetically pleasing shape or appearance of an object)

design (the art of designing aesthetically pleasing things)

Unadapted borrowing from English design. Doublet of desenhar and designar.


design

design (accusative indefinite nominative)
designul (accusative definite nominative)
design (indefinite)
designului (definite)
designule (vocative)


design

design (indefinite nominative singular)
designs (genitive indefinite singular)
designen (definite nominative singular)
designens (definite genitive singular)
designer (indefinite nominative plural)
designers (genitive indefinite plural)
designerna (definite nominative plural)
designernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English design. First attested in 1948.