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pat⋅tern

  [pat-ern; Brit. pat-n]
–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.
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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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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.
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Word Origin & History

pattern  (n.)
1324, "the original proposed to imitation; the archetype; that which is to be copied; an exemplar" [Johnson], from O.Fr. patron, from M.L. patronus (see patron). Extended sense of "decorative design" first recorded 1582, from earlier sense of a "patron" as a model to be imitated. The difference in form and sense between patron and pattern wasn't firm till 1700s. Meaning "model or design in dressmaking" (especially one of paper) is first recorded 1792, in Jane Austen. Verb phrase pattern after "take as a model" is from 1878.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

pattern

See chart formation.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pat·tern
Pronunciation: 'pa-t&rn
Function: noun
1 : a form or model proposed for imitation
2 : a recognizably consistent series of related acts pattern of discrimination in that company> pattern of racketeering activity>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pat·tern
Pronunciation: 'pat-&rn
Function: noun
1 : a model for making a mold used to form a casting
2 : a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution <patterns of behavior>
3 : an establishedmode of behavior or cluster of mental attitudes, beliefs, and values that are held in common by members of a group
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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