Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of design
comparative more designing · superlative most designing
plural designings
- A process of design.
Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?
1829, Richard Carlile, The Lion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Hindi आलेखन
- आलेखन (ālekhan)artful; scheming
Irish aidhmeannach
- aidhmeannachartful; scheming
Cite this entry
designing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/designing
“designing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/designing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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