0 past simple and past participle of design --
1 to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings: --
2 to intend: --
[ + to infinitive ] These measures are designed to reduce pollution.
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In the present study, children with functional phonological delays participated in treatment designed to induce change in their productive sound systems.
Designed to enhance stability and wartime production, the new laws only lowered workers' morale and decreased output.
The present study was designed to more precisely locate the resistance gene and define a small number of candidates.
The following two experiments were designed to throw light on these options.
The facility is placed in a specially designed four-stage building.
The equations are designed to write down the precise form of rates of change over time.
The homes are designed so that disabilities, which may be permanent or temporary, can be catered for.
They designed a beam with a cross section that varied sinusoidally along the length of the beam.
