design
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.
Other meanings
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
“The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.”
A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
“We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts”
Related words
- antidesign
- biodesign
- designathon
- designful
- designless
- designment
- designoid
- designwise
- ecodesign
- misdesign
- nanodesign
- nondesign
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "designō" (to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “design” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.