Vocabulaire

austere

Adjectif

Exemple: “The room had an austere design.”

Synonymes: plain, severe

Antonymes: luxurious

aesthetic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design has strong aesthetic value.”

Synonymes: artistic, visual

Antonymes: ugly

programmer

Nom

Exemple: “The programmer fixed the website.”

Synonymes: developer, coder

Antonymes: nontechnical user

engineering

Nom

Exemple: “He studies engineering.”

Synonymes: technical design

Antonymes: guesswork

architect

Nom

Exemple: “The architect designed the building.”

Synonymes: building designer

Antonymes: builder

architecture

Nom

Exemple: “I like modern architecture.”

Synonymes: building design, structure design

Antonymes: destruction

inartistic

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design was practical but inartistic.”

Synonymes: plain, uncreative

Antonymes: artistic, aesthetic

stretching

Nom

Exemple: “Stretching can help improve flexibility.”

Synonymes: extending, reaching

Antonymes: contracting, tightening

simplicity

Nom

Exemple: “The design is admired for its simplicity.”

Synonymes: plainness, clarity

Antonymes: complexity, ornateness

innovative

Adjectif

Exemple: “The company is known for innovative design.”

Synonymes: creative, original

Antonymes: traditional, conventional

voluntary

Adjectif

Exemple: “Participation in the survey is voluntary.”

Synonymes: optional, willing

Antonymes: compulsory, forced

microcomputer

Nom

Exemple: “Early microcomputers were much slower than modern laptops.”

Synonymes: small computer

Antonymes: mainframe

unobtrusive

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design is elegant yet unobtrusive.”

Synonymes: subtle, inconspicuous

Antonymes: intrusive, conspicuous

intuitively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”

Synonymes: naturally, instinctively

Antonymes: deliberately, awkwardly

inclusively

Adverbe

Exemple: “The event was designed inclusively so everyone could participate.”

Synonymes: openly, without exclusion

Antonymes: exclusively, narrowly

marketability

Nom

Exemple: “The design improved usability but reduced marketability.”

Synonymes: sellability

Antonymes: unappeal

accessibility

Nom

Exemple: “Accessibility must be designed in, not added later.”

Synonymes: usability

Antonymes: inaccessibility

predilection

Nom

Exemple: “She has a predilection for minimalist design.”

Synonymes: preference

Antonymes: aversion

happenstance

Nom

Exemple: “Their meeting was pure happenstance, but it changed everything.”

Synonymes: chance

Antonymes: design

colloquially

Adverbe

Exemple: “Colloquially, people call it a “bug,” even when it’s a design flaw.”

Synonymes: informally

Antonymes: formally

choreography

Nom

Exemple: “The choreography was so precise that it looked effortless.”

Synonymes: dance design

catastrophic

Adjectif

Exemple: “A catastrophic failure is rare, but we must design for it.”

Synonymes: disastrous

Antonymes: manageable

stylistically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The text is stylistically inconsistent across chapters.”

Synonymes: in style

specification

Nom

Exemple: “The device meets the specification, but not the real user needs.”

Synonymes: requirements

acoustically

Adverbe

Exemple: “The hall was designed acoustically to reduce echo.”

Synonymes: in terms of sound

reminiscent

Adjectif

Exemple: “The design is reminiscent of early modern architecture.”

Synonymes: evocative of

model

Nom

Exemple: “This is the latest model of the phone.”

Synonymes: example

choreographical

Adjectif

Exemple: “The performance featured intricate choreographical design.”

Synonymes: dance-related

Antonymes:

formulate

Verbe

Exemple: “They formulated a new strategy.”

Synonymes: develop, design

Antonymes: abandon

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Exemple: “These are preliminary results.”

Synonymes: overture, prelude, exploratory

modify

/ˈmɑːdɪfaɪ/

Exemple: “They modified the design.”

Synonymes: qualify