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pat·tern

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–noun

1.	a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.

2.	decoration or ornament having such a design.

3.	a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window.

4.	a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.

5.	a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement: the behavior patterns of teenagers.

6.	an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation: Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.

7.	anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made: a paper pattern for a dress.

8.	a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.

9.	the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.

10.	a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.

11.	Metallurgy. a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.

12.	Numismatics. a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.

13.	an example, instance, sample, or specimen.

14.

Gunnery, Aerial Bombing.

a.	the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.

b.	a diagram showing such distribution.

–verb (used with object)

15.	to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.

16.	to cover or mark with a pattern.

17.

Chiefly British Dialect.

a.	to imitate.

b.	to attempt to match or duplicate.

–verb (used without object)

18.	to make or fall into a pattern.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME patron < ML patrōnus model, special use of L patrōnus patron

]

—Related forms

pat·tern·a·ble, adjective

patterned, adjective

pat·tern·er, noun

pat·tern·less, adjective

pat·tern·like, adjective

pat·tern·y, adjective

—Synonyms 1. figure. 4. kind, sort. 6. example, exemplar.

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n.

1. A model or original used as an archetype.
2. A person or thing considered worthy of imitation.
3. An artistic or decorative design: a paisley pattern. See Synonyms at figure.
4. A design of natural or accidental origin: patterns of bird formations.
5. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group: one's pattern of behavior.
6. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
7. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
8. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things: a dress pattern. See Synonyms at ideal.
A representative sample; a specimen.
1. An artistic or decorative design: a paisley pattern. See Synonyms at figure.
2. A design of natural or accidental origin: patterns of bird formations.
3. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group: one's pattern of behavior.
4. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
5. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
6. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as:
1. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group: one's pattern of behavior.
2. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
3. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
4. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
1. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
2. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
Enough material to make a complete garment.
A test pattern.
The flight path of an aircraft about to land: a flight pattern.
Football A pass pattern.

v. pat·terned, pat·tern·ing, pat·terns

v. tr.

To make, mold, or design by following a pattern: We patterned this plan on the previous one. My daughter patterned her military career after her father's.
To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.

v. intr.
To make a pattern.

[Middle English patron, from Old French; see patron.]

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patterned
adjective
having patterns (especially colorful patterns) [ant: plain]

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ˈpatterned adjective

with a decoration or design on it; not plain
Example: Is her new carpet patterned?

Arabic:	مُزَخْرَف، مَصوغ
Chinese (Simplified):	被组成图案的
Chinese (Traditional):	被組成圖案的
Czech:	vzorovaný
Danish:	mønstret
Dutch:	met een tekening
Estonian:	mustriline
Finnish:	kuviollinen
French:	à motifs
German:	gemustert
Greek:	που είναι διακοσμημένος με σχέδια
Hungarian:	mintás
Icelandic:	mynstraður
Indonesian:	berpola
Italian:	a disegni*

Japanese:	模様入りの
Korean:	무늬가 있는
Latvian:	rotāts; ornamentēts
Lithuanian:	raštuotas, išmargintas
Norwegian:	mønstret
Polish:	we wzory
Portuguese (Brazil):	estampado
Portuguese (Portugal):	estampado
Romanian:	cu modele, *desene
Russian:	украшенный узорами
Slovak:	vzorkovaný
Slovenian:	vzorčast
Spanish:	estampado
Swedish:	mönstrad
Turkish:	desenli