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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But it didn’t bother Wertheim, who has a flair for patterned loafers and wears a signature red fedora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the urban-focused section, the handles of purses or luggage are adhered to sections of the work patterned like brick and embedded with small windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The bathrooms exude charm thanks to their patterned wallpapers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mundillo, the Puerto Rican craft of weaving intricately patterned lace, becomes for her a metaphor for networks of interconnectivity, be it, she writes in her program note, climate justice or social dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
They had restored the great chandelier, the gilt columns, the finely patterned wallpapers, installing screens where there had been stages.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
