design in English: The way something is planned and made to look, or a drawing that shows this plan. (noun)

Translation

The way something is planned and made to look, or a drawing that shows this plan.

Word origin

From Latin designare, to mark out, from de- and signare meaning to mark.

Gender

Pluraldesigns

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"Design" here means the way the building was planned and how it looks.

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A "design" can also be the drawing itself.

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"Design" is a verb too: to plan how something will be made.

draw

To make a picture with a pen, pencil, or other tool.

plan

An idea about what you will do and how you will do it before you start.

art

Things people make to be beautiful, such as paintings or drawings.

paper

The thin flat material you write or print on; also a newspaper or a piece of writing.

idea

A thought or plan that you form in your mind.

pattern

Shapes or colours that repeat in a regular way, or a way that something happens again and again.

style

The way something is done, made or written; also the way a person dresses to look good.

engineer

A person whose job is to design and build machines, engines, roads, or bridges.

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