"designing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more designing [comparative], most designing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} designing (comparative more designing, superlative most designing)
  1. artful; scheming Derived forms: designingly, undesigning Translations (artful; scheming): aidhmeannach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-designing-en-adj-jsaGCl0B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 4 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 0 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 86 7 7

Noun [English]

Forms: designings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} designing (plural designings)
  1. A process of design.
    Sense id: en-designing-en-noun-pVeRoWXz

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} designing
  1. present participle and gerund of design Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: design
    Sense id: en-designing-en-verb-uEM8k6Gc

Inflected forms

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