design

de|sign1 [ dı`zaın ] noun ***

1. ) count or uncount the way that something is made so that it works in a certain way or has a certain appearance:

Please note that the designs may vary from those illustrated.

a completely new design of car

It'll never work efficiently because there's a basic design flaw.

a ) count a drawing that shows what something will look like when it is made:

design for: We looked at several different designs for the new bridge.

b ) uncount the process of deciding how something will be made, including how it will work and what it will look like:

software design

the design and construction of new buildings

c ) uncount the study of how to make things, especially how to give them a particular shape or appearance:

a degree in design

2. ) count a pattern that decorates something:

simple geometric designs

3. ) count or uncount LITERARY a plan or idea:

Chapman was left with the freedom to work out his grand designs.

by design FORMAL

deliberately

have designs on someone OLD-FASHIONED

to want to have someone as a sexual partner

have designs on something FORMAL

to want something and be planning a way to get it

design

de|sign 2 [ dı`zaın ] verb transitive ***

to decide how something will be made, including the way it will work or what it will look like, and often to make drawings of it:

The bride wore a cream silk dress that she designed herself.

The bridge was designed by John Rennie.

a job designing Web sites

be designed to do something or be designed for something or be designed as something

to be intended for a particular purpose:

The law was designed to protect victims from nuisances such as noisy neighbors.

The cell was originally designed for only two prisoners.

Designed as a dining hall, the grand room is now a visitors' center.