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Meaning of by design | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Intentionally, on purpose.
Designed specifically for a given purpose, to have a particular feature.

Examples

“All of that — the appeal, the access, the illicitness of cigarettes — was by design.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

by dint of by ear by extension by eye by fair means or foul by far