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1
a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective
- she always achieves her objective by design rather than by luck
- arrangement,
- blueprint,
- game,
- game plan,
- ground plan,
- master plan,
- plan,
- program,
- project,
- road map,
- scheme,
- strategy,
- system
2
a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends
- the thief had devised an elaborate design to get the invaluable artwork
3
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
- my design in writing to you is to ask for your support
- aim,
- ambition,
- aspiration,
- bourne
- (also bourn),
- dream,
- end,
- goal,
- idea,
- ideal,
- intent,
- intention,
- mark,
- meaning,
- object,
- objective,
- plan,
- point,
- pretension,
- purpose,
- target,
- thing
4
a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)
- the curtains have a lovely floral design
5
the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged
- the design of the building’s lobby encourages the free flow of traffic
- arrangement,
- composition,
- configuration,
- constellation,
- form,
- format,
- getup,
- layout,
- makeup,
- ordonnance,
- pattern
1
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
- early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company
- aim,
- allow
- [chiefly Southern & Midland],
- aspire,
- calculate,
- contemplate,
- go
- [chiefly Southern & Midland],
- intend,
- look,
- mean,
- meditate,
- plan,
- propose,
- purport,
- purpose
2
to work out the details of (something) in advance
- the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency
- arrange,
- blueprint,
- budget,
- calculate,
- chart,
- choreograph,
- frame,
- lay out,
- map (out),
- organize,
- plan,
- prepare,
- project,
- scheme (out),
- shape,
- strategize (about)
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