Propose vs. Design — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Propose and Design
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Propose
Put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others
I proposed that the government should retain a 51 per cent stake in the company
He proposed a new nine-point peace plan
Design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.
Propose
Make an offer of marriage to someone
I have already proposed to Sarah
One girl proposed marriage to him on the spot
Design
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made
He has just unveiled his design for the new museum
Propose
To put forward for consideration, discussion, or adoption; suggest
Propose a change in the law.
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Design
A decorative pattern
Pottery with a lovely blue and white design
Propose
To recommend (a person) for a position, office, or membership; nominate.
Design
Purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object
The appearance of design in the universe
Propose
To offer (a toast to be drunk).
Design
Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it
A number of architectural students were designing a factory
Propose
To make known as one's intention; purpose or intend
Proposed to buy and run a farm.
Design
To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
Design a good excuse for not attending the conference.
Propose
To form or make a proposal, especially of marriage.
Design
To formulate a plan for; devise
Designed a marketing strategy for the new product.
Propose
(transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
I propose going to see a film.
To propose an alliance
To propose a question for discussion
Design
To make a graphic or schematic representation of (something), especially as a plan for its structure
Design a building on a computer.
Design a new car model.
Propose
To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.
Design
To create or contrive for a particular purpose or effect
A game designed to appeal to all ages.
Propose
(transitive) To intend.
He proposes to set up his own business.
Design
To have as a goal or purpose; intend
"Mrs. Bennet had designed to keep the two Netherfield gentlemen to supper.
But ... she had no opportunity of detaining them" (Jane Austen).
Propose
(obsolete) To talk; to converse.
Design
To make or execute plans.
Propose
(obsolete) To set forth.
Design
To create designs.
Propose
(obsolete) An objective or aim.
Design
A drawing or sketch.
Propose
To set forth.
That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
Design
A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture.
Propose
To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.
Design
An ornamental pattern.
Propose
To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
Design
The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details
The aerodynamic design of an automobile.
The design of an epic poem.
Propose
To speak; to converse.
There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice,Proposing with the prince and Claudio.
Design
A particular plan or method
The party's design for increasing voter turnout.
Propose
To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
Design
The art or practice of designing or making designs
Studied design in college.
Propose
To offer one's self in marriage.
Design
A reasoned purpose; an intent
It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.
Propose
Talk; discourse.
Design
Deliberate intention
He became a photographer more by accident than by design.
Propose
Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Design
Often designs A secretive or underhanded plot or scheme
He has designs on my job.
Propose
Present for consideration
Design
A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
Propose
Propose or intend;
I aim to arrive at noon
Design
A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
Propose
Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office;
The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission
Design
A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts
Propose
Ask (someone) to marry you;
He popped the question on Sunday night
She proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman
Design
The composition of a work of art.
Design
Intention or plot.
We have designs on winning the league next season.
To be hateful of the truth by design.
Design
(particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
To have evil designs.
Design
The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
Design
The art of designing
Danish furniture design is world-famous.
Design
(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
Design
To plan (to do something).
The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
Design
To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
Design
To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
Design
To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
Design
To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
Design
To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
We shall seeJustice design the victor's chivalry.
Meet me to-morrow where the masterAnd this fraternity shall design.
Design
To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.
Design
To intend or purpose; - usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed.
He was designed to the study of the law.
Design
To form a design or designs; to plan.
Design
A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
Design
A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; - often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
The vast design and purpos of the King.
The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman.
A . . . settled design upon another man's life.
How little he could guess the secret designs of the court!
Design
Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.
Design
The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
Design
The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.
Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life?
I wish others the same intention, and greater successes.
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.
Design
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
Design
An arrangement scheme;
The awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
It was an excellent design for living
A plan for seating guests
Design
Something intended as a guide for making something else;
A blueprint for a house
A pattern for a skirt
Design
A decorative or artistic work;
The coach had a design on the doors
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
Design
A preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;
The design of a building
Design
The creation of something in the mind
Design
Make or work out a plan for; devise;
They contrived to murder their boss
Design a new sales strategy
Plan an attack
Design
Design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;
This room is not designed for work
Design
Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;
Chanel designed the famous suit
Design
Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
Design a better mousetrap
Plan the new wing of the museum
Design
Create designs;
Dupont designs for the house of Chanel
Design
Conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;
She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day
Design
Intend or have as a purpose;
She designed to go far in the world of business
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