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phraseIf something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident. The pair met often–at first by chance but later by design. Synonyms: deliberately, intentionally, consciously, knowingly More Synonyms of by design See full dictionary entry for designby design in American English See full dictionary entry for design Examples of 'by design' in a sentenceby design The great players do not have it by accident, but by design.Man is indeed a moral creature, not by accident but by design.If this was by design rather than by accident, she has worked out a winning formula.But it would be written by design, rather than agreed by compromise.Whether by design or accident, this is what Britain is doing. Chinese translation of 'by design' - (= on purpose)
故意地 (gùyì de)
See design - by day/night
- by definition
- by degrees
- by design
- by far
- by herself
- by himself
The pair met often - at first by chance but later by design. Synonyms consciously wittingly calculatedly See designAdditional synonymsI've never intentionally hurt anyone. Synonyms deliberately, on purpose, wilfully, by design, designedlyHe repeated that he had never knowingly taken illegal drugs. Synonyms deliberately, purposely, consciously, intentionally, on purpose, wilfully, wittingly Definition intentionally Was it an accident, or did she do it on purpose? Synonyms deliberately, purposely, consciously, intentionally, knowingly, wilfully, by design, wittingly, calculatedly, designedly- by and by
- by and large
- by degrees
- by design
- by dint of
- by far or far and away
- by half
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