pattern
noun
a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
patterns
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pluralof pattern.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof pattern (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
patternnouna decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
Example Sentences
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More directly involving pharmacists in prescribing decisions alongside physicians could help uncover medication patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
"I'm not saying it's the same. I don't think it is. I think what we should be doing is recognising similar patterns of dehumanisation," he explained.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Other merchants, through third-party vendors that verify refund claims, inform individual consumers that their future return claims may be denied based on their patterns of returns, refund requests and frequency of delivery issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
McNulty says tracking your cycle can be a useful way to understand your own patterns, while Dr Bate also encourages women to become more familiar with how they feel at different points in the month.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
However, there are growing examples in animal research demonstrating that animals do indeed use music, and that monkeys and other animals use musical patterns and can hear abstractions in music as well.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
