Design
De`sign´
| Noun | 1. | design - the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument" Synonyms: designing |
| 2. | design - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" Synonyms: plan | |
| 3. |  design - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" | |
| 4. | design - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" | |
| 5. |  design - an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" | |
| 6. | design - a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the design of a building" | |
| 7. | design - the creation of something in the mind | |
| Verb | 1. | design - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" |
| 2. | design - design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work" | |
| 3. | design - create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit" | |
| 4. | design - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" Synonyms: plan | |
| 5. | design - create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" | |
| 6. | design - conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day" | |
| 7. | design - intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business" |
| (process) | design - The approach that engineering (and some other)
disciplines use to specify how to create or do something. A
successful design must satisfies a (perhaps informal)
functional specification (do what it was designed to do);
conforms to the limitations of the target medium (it is
possible to implement); meets implicit or explicit
requirements on performance and resource usage (it is
efficient enough). A design may also have to satisfy restrictions on the design process itself, such as its length or cost, or the tools available for doing the design. In the software life-cycle, design follows requirements analysis and is followed by implementation. ["Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications", 2nd ed., Grady Booch]. |