designer

«designer» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to plan how things will look or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a designer, designers); adjective use (designer clothes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A designer is a person whose job is to plan how things will look or work, such as clothes, buildings, games or websites. tree →

2) (adjective use) Designer clothes or bags are made by a famous fashion company and usually cost a lot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life designers make clothes, cars, games and posters. In maths problems designers plan sizes and costs. Phrases: «fashion designer», «game designer», «designer label», «designer brand».

examples

• She wants to be a fashion designer. tree →
• The game designer planned 20 levels. tree →
• A designer drew the new school logo. tree →
• Designer jeans cost much more than normal ones. tree →
• The designer chose blue and white for the room. tree →
• Each designer made 3 dresses; 4 designers made how many? tree →

note

Countable. Silent g: de-ZINE-er. «Designer» before a noun suggests expensive and fashionable.

In the corpora

• Sound designers make and mix many layers of sound so a scene feels bigger, scarier or funnier.
• The chief designer of the Soviet rockets was Serhiy Korolev, who was born in Zhytomyr in Ukraine.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «designer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.