Designing

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A process of design.

    "Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?"

  2. 2
    the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of design form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    artful; scheming

    "a designing man"

Adjective
  1. 1
    concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest wordnet

Synonyms

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artfuldesignabstract artacutearchart

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"The third point to make is that Emmet attempted to harmonize his theory with the reality of designing."

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