Design
//dɪˈzaɪn//
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The word "design" can be used as noun and verb.
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a camel is a horse designed by a committee antidesign argument from design biodesign by design codesign design code design depth design fiction design flaw design language design load design pattern design release engineer design speed design system design thinking design to cost design-based learning designability designable designathon designed designedly designer designer designful designless designment designoid designwise ecodesign foredesign industrial design right misdesign misdesign nanodesign nondesign outdesign overdesign predesign redesign scenic design secure by design security by design security-by-design service design package set design stage design subdesign thermal design power undesign undesign undesignable undesigned undesignedly visitor design pattern
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
arrangement conceive conceptualise conceptualize create create by mental act create mentally creating by mental acts creative thinking creativeness creativity decoration designate destine end gestate goal intend make mean organisation organization ornament ornamentation plan program programme sketch specify study system think
Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)
agenda architectural design backward design block design checklist computational design computer-aided design conspiracy contract-first design cradle-to-cradle design deception defensive design design by contract docket domain-driven design experimental design fashion design firmware design flat design functional design graphic design hardware design industrial design information design instructional design intelligent design interaction design interior design model-based design motion design open design product design responsive design schedule seismic design software design sound design systems design to-do list type design universal design universal design for instruction web design worklist zero-order design
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abstract action aesthetically aesthetically made apple apple products appoint architect architect action architect job architect work architectural architectural drawing architectural plan architectural planning architectural style architecture architecture job architecture plan art art and art composition art creation art form art layout art project artistic artistic plan arts artwork assign beautiful beautiful shape blueprint blueprints carefully clothes clothing color composition concept craft create create fashion create form create graphic create pattern create style created created form creating creating things creation creationism creative creativity decor decorate decorating decoration descriptive designate detailed detailed plan diagram diagram plan draw draw clothes drawing drawings dress dress making embroidered engineering fabric fabric print fashion fashion drawing fashion planner fashion shows fix follower follows follows graphic follows interior form functional functional art graphic graphic art graphic arts graphic follower graphics high high fashion home home decoration how how works intelligent intelligent creation intention interior interior art interior decor interior decorating interior plan invent job lay lay out layout layout plan layout shape lines logo look made make make graphic making making clothes making something making things manipulation master master plan occupation organization out pattern patterns pictograph plan plan carefully planned planned art planned structure planner planning plans plot preliminary preliminary sketch print products project publicity purposeful purposeful manipulation scheme shape shows sketch structure structure planning style to web work works written written plan
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