## Meanings
1. A plan or drawing showing how something will be made or how it will work.
2. To plan and make drawings for something before it is built or made.
3. A pattern of lines, shapes or colours used to decorate something.
4. To make or intend something for a particular purpose.

## Examples
- The design for the new bridge took two years to complete.
- She designs furniture for a living.
- The plates had a delicate flower design around the edge.
- This room was designed for meetings, not for work.

## Synonyms
- blueprint
- plan
- plot
- project
- proposal
- scheme

## Derived Forms
- antidesign
- biodesign
- codesign
- designability
- designable
- designathon
- designed
- designedly
- designer
- designful
- designless
- designment

## Related Forms
- diagram

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: designen
- Root: designer
- Root: designō

## Etymology
From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate.

## AI Etymology
design comes from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (“to mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive”), from de- (or dis-) + signō (“to mark”), from signum (“mark”). Doublet of designate. The historical chain includes Middle English designen, Old French designer, Latin designō. Current senses include A plan or drawing showing how something will be made or how it will work and to plan and make drawings for something before it is built or made. English relatives and later formations include antidesign, biodesign, codesign, diagram.

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