designing

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of design. Use this form to talk about the act of creating something as it happens.

   She is designing a poster for the school concert.

   They are designing a new playground for the children.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The work of planning how something will be made or how it will look.

   Like drawing a plan for a house before anyone starts building it.

   The designing of the new park took almost a whole year.

   Good designing makes a tool easy and pleasant to use.

   Similarplanning, creation, development, conception

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3. 3
   adjective

   Acting in a clever, sneaky way to get what you want.

   Like a person who pretends to be your friend just to use you.

   Everyone distrusted the designing salesman who flattered each customer.

   He was too designing to be trusted with the family money.

   Similarscheming, calculating, manipulative, conniving, crafty

   Oppositeguileless, ingenuous, artless, straightforward

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