Definition of designs

"designs" in the noun sense

1. design, designing

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan

"he contributed to the design of a new instrument"

2. design, plan

an arrangement scheme

"the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"

"it was an excellent design for living"

"a plan for seating guests"

3. blueprint, design, pattern

something intended as a guide for making something else

"a blueprint for a house"

"a pattern for a skirt"

4. design, pattern, figure

a decorative or artistic work

"the coach had a design on the doors"

5. purpose, intent, intention, aim, design

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

"his intent was to provide a new translation"

"good intentions are not enough"

"it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"

"he made no secret of his designs"

6. design

a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something

"the design of a building"

7. invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design

the creation of something in the mind

"designs" in the verb sense

1. plan, project, contrive, design

make or work out a plan for devise

"They contrived to murder their boss"

"design a new sales strategy"

"plan an attack"

2. design

plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect

"This room is not designed for work"

3. design

create the design for create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner

"Chanel designed the famous suit"

4. design, plan

make a design of plan out in systematic, often graphic form

"design a better mousetrap"

"plan the new wing of the museum"

5. design

create designs

"Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"

6. design

conceive or fashion in the mind invent

"She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"

7. design

intend or have as a purpose

"She designed to go far in the world of business"

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Quotations for designs

A bad heart, bad designs. [ Terence ]

My designs and labors
And aspirations are my only friends. [ Longfellow ]

Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. [ Quoted by Colton ]

Great designs require great considerations. [ Proverb ]

Experience finds few of the scenes that lively hope designs. [ Crabbe ]

Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

A true artist should put a generous deceit on the spectators, and effect the noblest designs by easy methods. [ Burke ]

All great designs are formed in solitude; in the world, no object is pursued long enough to produce an impression. [ J. J. Rousseau ]

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than the common, but those only who have greater designs. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Great souls are not those which have less passion and more virtue than common souls, but only those which have greater designs. [ La Roche ]

He that claims, either in himself or for another, the honours of perfection will surely injure the reputation which he designs to assist. [ Johnson ]

Artists may produce excellent designs, but they will avail little, unless the taste of the public is sufficiently cultivated to appreciate them. [ George C. Mason ]

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Complaints are vain; we will try to do better another time. Tomorrow and tomorrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past. [ Johnson ]

designs in Scrabble®

The word designs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters designs:

DESIGNS
(86 = 36 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

designs

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word designs

DESIGNS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DESIGNS
(83 = 33 + 50)
DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
(61 = 11 + 50)
DESIGNS
(60 = 10 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In designs

DESIGNS
(86 = 36 + 50)
DESIGNS
(83 = 33 + 50)
DESIGNS
(83 = 33 + 50)
DESIGNS
(80 = 30 + 50)
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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designs in Words With Friends™

The word designs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters designs:

DESIGNS
(92 = 57 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

designs

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word designs

DESIGNS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DESIGNS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
(47 = 12 + 35)
DESIGNS
(46 = 11 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In designs

DESIGNS
(92 = 57 + 35)
DESIGNS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DESIGNS
(86 = 51 + 35)
DESIGNS
(80 = 45 + 35)
DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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SINGED
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DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
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SIGNED
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(54)
DESIGNS
(54 = 19 + 35)
DESIGNS
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DESIGNS
(52 = 17 + 35)
DESIGNS
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GNEISS
(51)
SINGES
(51)
DESIGNS
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Words within the letters of designs

2 letter words in designs (4 words)

3 letter words in designs (12 words)

4 letter words in designs (15 words)

5 letter words in designs (10 words)

6 letter words in designs (5 words)

7 letter words in designs (1 word)

designs + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence designs

Words that start with designs (1 word)

Words with designs in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving designs

Shorter words in designs

sign design

sign signs

Longer words containing designs

codesigns

outdesigns

overdesigns

redesigns predesigns

underdesigns