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DESIGNING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
Example:
he contributed to the design of a new instrument
Synonyms:
design; designing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("designing" is a kind of...):
creating by mental acts (the act of creating something by thinking)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "designing"):
planning (the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise)
Derivation:
design (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)
design (create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
Example:
a scheming gold digger
Synonyms:
designing; scheming
Classified under:
Similar:
artful (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb design
Context examples:
This finding could make an invaluable contribution to designing new therapies to combat the disease.
(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)
ddhCTP appears to be "a completely novel drug scaffold" for designing antiviral drugs.
(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Instead of designing, synthesising and testing new drugs – an incredibly costly and lengthy process – you can make a few simple changes to the siRNA molecule and treat an entirely different disease.
(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)
You may be working on an important auction of historical artifacts or designing costumes or the sets for a historical film.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You have a curious, designing mind, Mr. Rochester.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The resource provides sequence assembly services such as plasmid, PCR product, lambda, cosmid, PAC, BAC DNA templates sequencing, and consultation services and protocols for designing sequencing strategies and for the preparation of substrates.
(DNA Sequencing Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
However, variations in seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness over the past decade have raised questions about their protective ability and whether other factors, such as antibodies to the NA protein on the flu virus, should be considered in designing the annual flu vaccine to improve its performance.
(Study finds factors that may influence influenza vaccine effectiveness, NIH)
He was determined, at least, not to mar it by an imprudent marriage; and I know it was his belief (whether justly or not, of course I cannot decide), that your father and sister, in their civilities and invitations, were designing a match between the heir and the young lady, and it was impossible that such a match should have answered his ideas of wealth and independence.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
That he was really fond of Jane, she doubted no more than she had ever done; and much as she had always been disposed to like him, she could not think without anger, hardly without contempt, on that easiness of temper, that want of proper resolution, which now made him the slave of his designing friends, and led him to sacrifice of his own happiness to the caprice of their inclination.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The principal objective of this program is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of PHS-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of designing and constructing non-Federal basic and clinical research facilities to meet the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution or a research area at an institution.
(Extramural Research Facilities Construction Project, NCI Thesaurus)
