DESIGNING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he contributed to the design of a new instrument
    Hypernyms(s) designing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

DESIGNING as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue- W.Churchill
    • a scheming wife
    • a scheming gold digger
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