pattern
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
decoration or ornament having such a design.
a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window.
a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement: the behavior patterns of teenagers.
an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation: Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.
anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made: a paper pattern for a dress.
a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.
the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.
a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.
Metallurgy. a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.
Numismatics. a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.
an example, instance, sample, or specimen.
Gunnery, Aerial Bombing.
the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.
a diagram showing such distribution.
to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.
to cover or mark with a pattern.
Chiefly British Dialect.
to imitate.
to attempt to match or duplicate.
to make or fall into a pattern.
Origin of pattern
1Other words for pattern
Other words from pattern
- pat·tern·a·ble, adjective
- patterned, adjective
- pat·tern·er, noun
- pat·tern·less, adjective
- pat·tern·like, adjective
- pat·tern·y, adjective
- non·pat·terned, adjective
- re·pat·tern, verb (used with object)
- sem·i·pat·terned, adjective
- sub·pat·tern, noun
- un·pat·terned, adjective
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How to use pattern in a sentence
Mathematics offered a way to classify all the patterns that surfaces and blocks could break into.
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You can see similar patterns commonly in Eastern democracies like South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and Taiwan.
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Nolan even told Caine that his character was patterned after Thorne.
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From a second-story window of a rooming house covered with red brick-patterned tarpaper comes the sound of a blues harmonica.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe mankles themselves were sandwiched between patterned capri pants and lace-up loafers fit for a 90's school girl.
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Will Arnett on ‘The Millers,’ ‘Arrested Development,’ and More | Jason Lynch | October 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a piece of patterned stuff about the size of the quarto page, to which it was fastened by an old-fashioned pin.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesIt was a sad room enough, with its pale blue, stripy-patterned paper, its rickety old furniture and its feeble pictures.
The Secret Glory | Arthur MachenThe gods of this age are likewise patterned entirely after powerful human personalities.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtAll the modifications so far considered are directly patterned on the typical process of normal speech.
Language | Edward SapirWhen enlarging a patterned garment be sure to add enough stitches for a complete pattern.
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British Dictionary definitions for pattern (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpætən) /
an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc: although the notes seemed random, a careful listener could detect a pattern
a decorative design: a paisley pattern
a style: various patterns of cutlery
a plan or diagram used as a guide in making something: a paper pattern for a dress
a standard way of moving, acting, etc: traffic patterns
a model worthy of imitation: a pattern of kindness
a representative sample
a wooden or metal shape or model used in a foundry to make a mould
the arrangement of marks made in a target by bullets
a diagram displaying such an arrangement
(often foll by after or on) to model
to arrange as or decorate with a pattern
Origin of pattern
1British Dictionary definitions for pattern (2 of 2)
patron
/ (ˈpætərn) /
Irish an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint
Origin of pattern
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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