Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
Definition of patterns - 2 dictionary results
100% Free -Kijiji LA
 A Safe & Fast Growing Classifieds. Find Jobs, Housing, Pets, & More!
 Losangeles.Kijiji.com
Free Crochet Patterns
 Find 100's of free crochet patterns Download as many as you want!
 www.Free-Crochet.com

pat⋅tern

  [pat-ern; Brit. pat-n]
Use patterns in a Sentence
–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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To patterns
pat·tern   (pāt'ərn)   
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.
  2. A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things: a dress pattern. See Synonyms at ideal.
  3. 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.
  5. 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.
  7. Enough material to make a complete garment.
  8. A test pattern.
  9. The flight path of an aircraft about to land: a flight pattern.
  10. Football A pass pattern.
v.   pat·terned, pat·tern·ing, pat·terns

v.   tr.
  1. 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.
  2. To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.
v.   intr.
To make a pattern.

[Middle English patron, from Old French; see patron.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Search another word or see patterns on Thesaurus | Reference
100% Free -Kijiji LA
 A Safe & Fast Growing Classifieds. Find Jobs, Housing, Pets, & More!
 Losangeles.Kijiji.com
Free Crochet Patterns
 Find 100's of free crochet patterns Download as many as you want!
 www.Free-Crochet.com