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design
noun as in sketch, draft
Strongest matches
architecture, arrangement, composition, construction, drawing, form, idea, layout, map, method, model, pattern, picture, plan, scheme, study
Strong matches
blueprint, chart, comp, conception, constitution, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, dummy, formation, makeup, outline, paste-up, perspective, tracery, tracing, treatment
noun as in artful conception
Strongest matches
arrangement, configuration, construction, device, drawing, form, motif, painting, pattern, picture, portrait, shape, style
Strong matches
depiction, doodle, figure, illustration, motive, organization, sketch
noun as in intention
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action, aim, angle, animus, brainchild, child, conspiracy, deliberation, end, enterprise, gimmick, goal, intrigue, machination, meaning, notion, object, objective, pitch, play, plot, point, proposition, purport, purpose, reflection, scenario, scene, schema, target, thinking, thought, trick, undertaking, view, volition, will
Weak matches
big picture, conation, game plan, intendment, lay of the land, what's cooking
verb as in plan, outline
verb as in create, conceive
Example Sentences
A recent study in Risk Analysis introduces a new conceptual approach designed to improve monitoring and management of chronic diseases in animals.
Their findings showed consistent results in both laboratory tests using human lung cancer cell lines and in animal studies designed to mirror real tumor behavior.
They’re designed to reduce a stock’s price to make it more affordable for individual investors, though in the days of fractional share purchases, that argument is less compelling that it once might have been.
The stated goal was to design and construct a memorial to honor Orange County’s Vietnam War veterans.
“Sinners” is a movie so audacious in design and rich in detail that you’d need a book to explore it with the depth that it demands.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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