Design
How words are described
| old | old design | old work |
| good | good design | good work |
| physical | physical design | physical work |
| best | best design | best work |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, short, current, original, actual, entire, great, bad, new, early, final, classic, different, said, older, earlier, previous, modern. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The really unsettling thing is that, rather than a preexisting location that unknown forces might have left in this world, this wonderland was the secret work/design of a human being who doesn't have any magical abilities, but does have an extremely eccentric way of thinking.
Source: Eldritch Location -
While this reflects how artists work mentally, it's less obvious an approach to the programmers who actually have to design the system and make it work on schedule.
Source: Not Drawn to Scale - Predators has an extraterrestrial who employs the original design for the Predator himself (before the producers felt it didn't work and hired Stan Winston to design the eventual mandibled beast).
Source: Development Gag
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Work and Design. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/design/work
Design & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/design/work>.
Work or Design. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/design/work.
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