"designing" meaning in English

See designing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more designing [comparative], most designing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} designing (comparative more designing, superlative most designing)
  1. artful; scheming Translations (artful; scheming): aidhmeannach (Irish)
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Noun

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

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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 91

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