- design
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 making drawings of how sth should be madeADJECTIVE▪ graphic▪ computer-aided▪
a specialist in computer-aided design
▪ architectural, industrial, interior▪ software, Web, website▪He set up his own software design company.
DESIGN + NOUN▪ business, company, consultancy, firm▪ chief, consultant, director, engineer, professional, staff, team▪ centre/center, department, studio▪ work▪She's done some design work for us in the past.
▪ process▪The new program really speeds up the design process.
▪ phase, stage▪elements that are being included in the next design phase
▪ goal▪One of our main design goals was to make the product easy to use.
▪ tool▪Digital design tools are essential.
▪ program, software▪ project▪ ability, expertise, skills▪ challenge▪Making the building accessible for disabled people was another major design challenge.
▪ magazine▪an interior design magazine
PHRASES▪ art and design▪I'm doing a course in art and design.
2 the way sth is made/a drawing of thisADJECTIVE▪ basic, simple▪ complex, sophisticated▪ intelligent (= the claim that life did not evolve, but was created by an intelligent being)▪ excellent, good▪ poor▪ adventurous, bold, cutting-edge, experimental, innovative, original, revolutionary▪ modern▪ new▪ preliminary▪ attractive, beautiful, sleek, stylish▪a car with a sleek modern design
▪ classical, conventional, traditional▪ minimalist▪ ergonomic▪ sustainable▪ overall▪The overall design of the workspace is critical.
▪ patentedVERB + DESIGN▪ come up with, create, develop, produce▪He's come up with a really good design for a solar-powered car.
▪ employ, follow, use▪We followed the traditional design.
▪ finalize▪ improve, modify, refine▪ simplify▪ guide, influence▪ unveil▪Last week the architect unveiled his design for a museum on Prague's waterfront.
DESIGN + VERB▪ include sth, incorporate sth▪The office designs incorporate quiet rooms where employees can take a break.
▪ allow sth, enable sth▪The clever design allows natural light to flood into the room.
▪ offer sth, provide sth▪The new label design provides nutrition facts.
▪ evolveDESIGN + NOUN▪ detail, element, feature▪The latest model incorporates some novel design features.
▪ concept, idea, solution▪We put forward two alternative design concepts for the new library.
▪ consideration▪Building security is now a major design consideration.
▪ criterion, philosophy, principle, strategy▪ brief, requirements, specifications▪The chair she had sketched was far bigger than stipulated in the design brief.
▪ standards▪Strict design standards ensure that new buildings are compatible with existing architecture.
▪ fault, flaw▪ award▪The car wouldn't win any design awards, but it's very reliable.
▪ competition▪The company won an international design competition for the concert hall.
▪ change, modificationPREPOSITION▪ in design▪The machine is very simple in design.
▪ of … design▪a vehicle of revolutionary design
▪ to a … design▪The other houses are built to a more conventional design.
▪ design for▪the architect's designs for the cathedral
PHRASES▪ at the design stage▪Their new car is still at the design stage.
3 pattern that decorates sthADJECTIVE▪ elaborate, intricate▪ simple▪ abstract, circular, floral, geometric, symmetricalVERB + DESIGN▪ have▪The building has intricate geometric designs on several of the walls.
▪ paint, traceDESIGN + NOUN▪ theme▪trendy boutique hotels with avant-garde design themes
▪ motif4 intentionADJECTIVE▪ evil, sinister▪ grand▪His grand design was to connect up every academic institution in the world.
VERB + DESIGN▪ harbour/harbor, have▪I suspected that he had some sinister designs.
PREPOSITION▪ by design▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Had it happened by accident or by design?
verbADVERB▪ carefully, cleverly, intelligently▪These shelves have been designed very cleverly to fit into corners.
▪ badly, poorly▪The website was poorly designed.
▪ beautifully, elaborately, elegantly, intricately, nicely▪ especially, explicitly, expressly, specially, specifically▪the first yogurt designed especially for babies and toddlers
▪They run specially designed courses for managers.
▪ exclusively, solely, uniquely▪a service designed exclusively for women
▪ largely, mainly, primarily▪Many new performance halls are designed primarily for music.
▪ initially, originally▪The trail was originally designed to give our staff a quiet place to walk.
▪ newly▪ ergonomicallyPREPOSITION▪ for▪The instruments are designed for use in very cold conditions.
Design is used with these nouns as the object: ↑addition, ↑arrangement, ↑boat, ↑bridge, ↑building, ↑campaign, ↑chip, ↑component, ↑costume, ↑course, ↑cover, ↑curriculum, ↑decoration, ↑device, ↑exhibit, ↑experiment, ↑facility, ↑furniture, ↑gadget, ↑game, ↑garden, ↑hardware, ↑innovation, ↑instrument, ↑interior, ↑invention, ↑jewellery, ↑logo, ↑machine, ↑menu, ↑model, ↑mural, ↑museum, ↑page, ↑park, ↑pattern, ↑plan, ↑policy, ↑poster, ↑prison, ↑product, ↑program, ↑project, ↑questionnaire, ↑schedule, ↑scheme, ↑set, ↑site, ↑sleeve, ↑software, ↑strategy, ↑syllabus, ↑system, ↑website
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
