Antonyms for designed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-zahynd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪnd


Definition of designed

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French desseign "purpose, project, design," from Italian disegno, from disegnare "to mark out," from Latin designare "to mark out" (see design (v.)).
  • verb plan, outline
  • verb create, conceive
  • verb intend, mean to do
Example sentences :
  • A plain case, that he had left his curiosity with me, and designed to shew me no other.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • His religion was designed to be diametrically opposed to Mahommedanism.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The cover, title-page and general make-up were designed by the Author.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Cars, costumes, banners and decorations were all designed by this imp of ten.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Profiting by these aids, an improved type of cable was designed.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The group was designed by Thomas Ball, and was unveiled December 9, 1879.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume III (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It was not designed, she says, absolutely to force her to marry to her dislike.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I must run into the pious a little faster than I had designed.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The Father and Son consult how 'to do what they had designed before.'
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • It was designed, as its name suggests, for service either in water or on shore.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

Synonyms for designed

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