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pattern

[ pat-ern; British pat-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
Synonyms: figure
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.
Synonyms: sort, kind
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.
Synonyms: exemplar, example
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.
1. the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.
2. a diagram showing such distribution.

verb (used with object)

to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.
to cover or mark with a pattern.
Chiefly British Dialect.
1. to imitate.
2. to attempt to match or duplicate.

verb (used without object)

to make or fall into a pattern.

pattern

/ ˈpætən /

noun

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
1. the arrangement of marks made in a target by bullets
2. a diagram displaying such an arrangement

verb

often foll byafter or on to model
to arrange as or decorate with a pattern

pattern

/ ˈpætərn /

noun

an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint

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Other Words From

pattern·a·ble adjective
patterned 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of pattern¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus “model,” special use of Latin patrōnus “legal protector, advocate”; patron

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pattern¹

C14 patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus example, from Latin: patron ¹

Origin of pattern²

C18: variant of patron ¹; see pattern ¹

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