Design and Try

Design

Design verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company

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Try and design are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Design".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Design and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Design" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

old	old design	old try
good	good design	good try
best	best design	best try
common	common design	common try
Other adjectives: short, actual, entire, great, practical, new, general, possible, final, alternate, previous.

kind	design kind	try kind
name	design name	try name
control	design control	try control
way	design way	try way
Other words: plan, characters, method, world, strategy, game, gun.

The effect is oddly innocent — similar to a midriff-baring top — but just try to pitch that design to anyone on Earth.

Source: Anime / Interstella 5555
Rose, Adam, and DiMaggio try to flee up a staircase, believing the Dalek's design will prevent it from climbing.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S27 E6 "Dalek"
Spore is a game where you design your own lifeform (via a limited amount of features, both cosmetic and useful) and try to evolve it.

Source: Xenofiction

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