DESIGNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does designed mean? 

• DESIGNED (adjective)
  The adjective DESIGNED has 1 sense:

1. done or made or performed with purpose and intent

  Familiarity information: DESIGNED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESIGNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Done or made or performed with purpose and intent

Synonyms:

designed; intentional; unintentional

Context example:

well-designed houses

Similar:

fashioned (planned and made or fashioned artistically)

Antonym:

undesigned (not done or made or performed with purpose or intent)

 Context examples 

This agent was designed to stimulate host immune responses against tumor cells that express CEA.

(ALVAC-CEA (6D)-B7.1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to measure height above the ground.

(Altimeter Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Instructional activity designed to teach patients how to vocalize with a non-functioning or absent larynx.

(Alaryngeal Speech, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to signal the occurrence of a particular event.

(Alarm Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

An electronic device designed to take an input signal and output an increased signal strength.

(Amplifier Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Any device designed to perform an analysis.

(Analyzer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to transfer a substance to a surface.

(Applicator Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A set of protocols designed to provide communication between a software application and a computer operating system or between applications.

(Application Program Interface, NCI Thesaurus)

A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household used as an element of an address.

(Apartment, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals.

(Antenna Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)