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present tense form of design (3rd person singular).
plural of design.

designs

NOUN

sketch, draft

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architecture arrangement composition construction drawing form idea layout map method model pattern picture plan scheme study

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blueprint chart comp conception constitution delineation depiction diagram doodle dummy formation makeup outline paste-up perspective tracery tracing treatment

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disorganization

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being

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artful conception

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arrangement configuration construction device drawing form motif painting pattern picture portrait shape style

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depiction doodle figure illustration motive organization sketch

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disorganization

NOUN

intention

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picture plan project recipe scheme setup story

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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

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big picture conation game plan intendment lay of the land what's cooking

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idleness inactivity

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plan, outline

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arrange construct create describe devise draft fashion form invent lay out perform produce work out

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accomplish achieve blueprint cast chart contrive delineate diagram draw effect execute frame fulfill project sketch trace

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block out dope out set out sketch out

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break confuse destroy mix up neglect ruin

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abandon fail forget ignore miss

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disorder disorganize

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create, conceive

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compose devise fashion form invent produce

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contrive fabricate frame originate

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cook up dream up make up think up

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destroy ruin

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demolish wreck

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disorder disorganize

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intend, mean to do

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aim devise make plan prepare propose tailor

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contemplate contrive destine mind project purpose scheme

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deny ignore neglect refuse

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disregard forget

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disorder disorganize

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designs

Commission of Fine Arts, a federal agency that advises on design and aesthetics, recommended designs for a circulating $1 coin featuring Trump’s head.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Even so, Koontz is more bullish about the company’s revenue potential in near-packaged optics designs, which have lower development risk but “a large portion of the advantages of” co-packaged optics.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Watch an architect break down stadium designs from the 2026 World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Tuchel had designs on being in the Big Apple this weekend for the World Cup final.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

In Peking, in the 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit astronomer, was able to build instruments based on his designs without ever having seen Brahe’s originals.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton