Meaning & use
designer
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Meanings
nouncountable
A person whose job is to plan how something will look or work, such as clothes, furniture, or websites.
Grammar: Countable: a designer, two designers. Often used with an adjective: a fashion designer.
Patterns
- a fashion/graphic/software designer
- designer of something
- work as a designer
She works as a fashion designer in Milan.
The designer showed us several plans for the new kitchen.
He is the designer of the app that everyone is using.
adjectivebefore a noun
Made by a famous fashion company and usually expensive and stylish.
Grammar: Used before a noun: designer jeans, designer sunglasses. Not used after a verb.
Patterns
- designer clothes
- designer label
- designer brand
He bought a pair of designer sunglasses.
She was wearing a designer dress that cost a fortune.
The store sells designer handbags at half price.
Word forms
| plural | designers |
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Common combinations
- fashion designer
- The fashion designer presented her new collection in Paris.
- graphic designer
- We hired a graphic designer to create the logo.
- interior designer
- An interior designer helped them choose colors for the living room.
- designer label
- The jacket has a designer label inside the collar.
- software designer
- The software designer explained how the new program works.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: designer or design?
designer vs design
Design is the plan or the act; a designer is the person who does it. Don't say 'She is a design' when you mean a person.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'designer' correctly?
Choose one answer.
We say 'designer of something' when we mean the person who created it. 'In/for/at' would suggest location or employment, not authorship.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “designer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.