design
verb/dɪˈzaɪn/
/dɪˈzaɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they design | /dɪˈzaɪn/ /dɪˈzaɪn/ |
| he / she / it designs | /dɪˈzaɪnz/ /dɪˈzaɪnz/ |
| past simple designed | /dɪˈzaɪnd/ /dɪˈzaɪnd/ |
| past participle designed | /dɪˈzaɪnd/ /dɪˈzaɪnd/ |
| -ing form designing | /dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/ /dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/ |
- to decide how something will look, work, etc., by drawing plans, making computer models, etc.
- design something He designed and built his own house.
- to design a building/product/website
- a well-designed kitchen
- The blocks were specially designed and manufactured in Italy.
- design something for somebody/something They asked me to design a poster for the campaign.
- design somebody something Could you design us a poster?
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsa1- She has designed costumes for film and television.
- The building was designed by a fashionable architect.
- The students have designed some beautiful and innovative products.
- The website was poorly designed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- cleverly
- intelligently
- …
- for
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- [often passive] to think of and plan a system, a way of doing something, etc., usually for a particular purpose or use
- design something We need to design a comprehensive professional development programme.
- be designed for something The method is specifically designed for use in small groups.
- The museum is Missouri's first museum designed specifically for contemporary art.
- be designed as something This course is primarily designed as an introduction to the subject.
- be designed to do something The system is designed to alert drivers to traffic jams ahead.
Extra Examples- Many new performance halls are designed primarily for music.
- The instruments are designed for use in very cold conditions.
- The trail was originally designed to give our staff a quiet place to walk.
- These shelves have been designed very cleverly to fit into corners.
- This is a network product designed to give access to large document libraries.
- a service designed exclusively for women
- the first yogurt designed especially for babies and toddlers
- It is easy enough to design systems that work well when everything is going well.
- They run specially designed courses for managers.
- We need to design a new syllabus for the third year.
- The programme is designed to help people who have been out of work for a long time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- cleverly
- intelligently
- …
- for
draw plans
plan something for special purpose
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘to designate’): from Latin designare ‘to designate’, reinforced by French désigner. The noun is via French from Italian.
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