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design
English
Etymology
From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin design? (“I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + sign? (“I mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??za?n/
- Hyphenation: de?sign
- Rhymes: -a?n
Noun
design (countable and uncountable, plural designs)
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The composition of a work of art.
- Intention or plot.
- 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40:
- I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure.
- (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
- 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40:
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- The art of designing
Synonyms
- (plan): See Thesaurus:diagram
- (intention): See Thesaurus:design
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
design (third-person singular simple present designs, present participle designing, simple past and past participle designed)
- (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
- (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate. [16th-19th c.]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- he looks not below the Moon, but hath designed the regiment of sublunary affairs unto inferiour deputations.
- 1700, John Dryden, Translations from Ovid's Epistles, Preface
- He was designed to the study of the law.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
- To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
- Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shall design.
Derived terms
- designable
- designed
- designedly
- designer
- foredesign
- outdesign
- overdesign
- predesign
- redesign
- undesignable
- undesigned
- undesignedly
Translations
Further reading
- design in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- design in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- design at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Edgins, deigns, dinges, gnides, nidges, sdeign, signed, singed
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?zajn]
Noun
design m
- design
Declension
Further reading
- design in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
- design in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English design.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?z?i?n/
- Hyphenation: de?sign
Noun
design n (plural designs)
- design
Synonyms
- ontwerp
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English design.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dis?i?n/, [?dis??i?n]
Noun
design
- design
- Synonym: suunnittelu
Declension
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English design.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.zajn/
Noun
design m (plural designs)
- design
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- dizájn
Etymology
Borrowed from English design, from Latin design? (“I mark out, describe, plan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?diza?jn]
- Hyphenation: de?sign
- Rhymes: -a?jn
Noun
design (plural designok)
- design (art and profession of designing functional objects such as furniture, vehicles, household appliances, etc.)
- Synonym: formatervezés
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English design.
Noun
design m (invariable)
- design (industrial)
Anagrams
- sdegni
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
design
- imperative of designe
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English design.
Noun
design m (plural designs)
- design (plan)
- Synonym: projeto
Romanian
Etymology
From English design.
Noun
design n (uncountable)
- design
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English design.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??sajn/
Noun
design c
- a design
Declension
Related terms
- designa
- designer
- designpris
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elaborate
English
Etymology
1575, from Late Latin ?lab?r?tus (“worked out”), past participle of ?lab?r? (“to work out”), from ?- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.
Pronunciation
- Adjective: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb???t/
- Verb: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA(key): /??læb??e?t/
Adjective
elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)
- Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
- Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.
- The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Translations
Verb
elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)
- (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
- 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)
- (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail
- What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?
- Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Translations
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /elabo?rate/
Verb
elaborate
- adverbial present passive participle of elaborar
Italian
Adjective
elaborate
- feminine plural of elaborato
Verb
elaborate
- second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
- second-person plural imperative of elaborare
- feminine plural of the past participle of elaborare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e?.la.bo??ra?.te/, [e???äbo???ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.la.bo?ra.te/, [?l?b?????t??]
Verb
?lab?r?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of ?lab?r?
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