n. 25B6; noun
a design for the offices : PLAN, blueprint, drawing, sketch, outline, map, plot, diagram, draft, representation, scheme, model.
tableware with a gold design : PATTERN, motif, device; style, composition, make-up, layout, construction, shape, form. See list at pattern .
his design of reaching the top : INTENTION, aim, purpose, plan, intent, objective, object, goal, end, target; hope, desire, wish, dream, aspiration, ambition.
25B6; verb
the church was designed by Hicks : PLAN, outline, map out, draft, draw.
they designed a new engine : INVENT, originate, create, think up, come up with, devise, formulate, conceive; make, produce, develop, fashion; informal dream up.
this paper is designed to provoke discussion : INTEND, aim; devise, contrive, purpose, plan; tailor, fashion, adapt, gear; mean, destine.
25A0; by design DELIBERATELY, intentionally, on purpose, purposefully; knowingly, wittingly, consciously, calculatedly.