To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.
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vt.& vi. 设计;绘制;
vt. 设计;计划;企图;决意（做）;
n. 设计;图案;结构;计划;
vi. 设计略图;（为工艺品、装潢项目等）设计;当设计师;构思;
💡 de使…成为，加强+sign做标志→设计，计划
"I've made a few adjustments to the design."
我已对设计作了几处调整。
近义：apportionment, distribution, division, allotment, ideate, invent
vt. 传达，表达;显示：清晰地揭示;表明;传染：扩散;
vi. 通讯;交际;相连;相通;
💡 com共同+muni交流+cate表动词→共同交流→传播
"By the age of two most children have begun to communicate verbally."
大多数孩子两岁时就开始用说话沟通.
近义：inform, manifest, notify, report, reveal, say
pron. 无论什么;任何（事物）;诸如此类;（表示不在乎，什么都可接受）什么都可以;
adj. 无论什么…都;无论怎样…都;任何…也;
💡 what什么+ever究竟→无论什么
"Do whatever seems best to you."
你觉得什么最好，就做什么。
近义：any, whatsoever, whichever, whichsoever, either, anything
adv. 明亮地;明净地;明确地;显然地;
"This case falls clearly within the ambit of the 2001 act."
这件案子显然属于2001年法案的范围。
近义：just, manifestly, obviously, openly, overtly, patently
反义：privately, privily, secretly, undercover, underground, clandestinely
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
vt. 控制;管理;限制;支配;
n. 支配权;操纵者;（对国家、地区、机构等的）管理权;（键盘上的）控制键;
"The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control."
飞行员得到空中交通管制站发出的着陆许可。
近义：rig, manipulate, manage, operate, regulate, run
反义：obey, follow, heed, hold, honor, keep