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
Each source had some fixed probability of emitting a signal that you picked up, and together those sources generated the pattern in your data.
By the time puberty ended, the adopted children showed normal cortisol patterns before, during and after a stressful task.
Puberty may reboot the brain and behaviors | Esther Landhuis | August 27, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSubseasonal forecasts are more likely to be accurate when an MJO is happening because there is a major global weather pattern that will affect weather elsewhere in the coming weeks.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster | Alexandra Witze | August 27, 2020 | Science NewsThe researchers then drilled down into individual voting patterns for Washington and Utah.
Mandatory mail-in voting hurts neither Democratic nor Republican candidates | Sujata Gupta | August 26, 2020 | Science NewsThere might also be patterns of gravity waves they haven’t seen yet.
Could ripples in spacetime point to wormholes? | Emily Conover | August 24, 2020 | Science News For Students
But he resembled by then an ancient Red Indian chief, and his expressions did not follow the patterns of other mortals.
The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece | John le Carré | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMusic aficionados recognize this rhythm as a triplet or “hemiola”: the playing of two different musical patterns simultaneously.
After a lifetime of dealing with the stress of ADHD, it can be hard to give up old patterns and let go of painful memories.
Americans even segregate politically, leading to 90-10 voting patterns in thousands of precincts.
It’s Time for Obama to Heed McChrystal’s Call for the ‘Service Year’ | Jonathan Alter | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time the police caught up to Sanders, they knew even more about his patterns and practices.
The Supreme Court Must Right the Wrong Done to Billy Wayne Cope | Andrew Cohen | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir bills were based on the pounds weight delivered, and new designs necessitated new patterns and new troubles.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickShe had no patterns to copy; but her imagination wandered through the green fields and by the murmuring brooks of her rural home.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottNever were such patterns of neatness seen as these old ladies and their houses.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackeraySuch cases as were mentioned to the Committee followed previously recognized patterns.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.The uppers are cut by hand from the engraved sheets, while metal patterns are used on the plain stock.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | Various
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
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