pattern
noun
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
patterned
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past participleof pattern.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pattern.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
patternnouna decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc. -
a word derived from
pattern.
patternnouna decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
Example Sentences
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Some suggest the patterned backs of playing cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Cooper described one of the other men as a bald Black man, approximately 5 feet 9 inches or 5 feet 10 inches tall, with light-brown or hazel eyes and a blue patterned crew-neck shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
"I was less surprised by the differences and more surprised by some of the similarities, particularly in the ways these risks are patterned across settings," Nichols said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
We entered a school of fish, their scales patterned with scintillating colors as they investigated us.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
