pattern

Plural: patterns

Noun

• a perceptual structure
  • "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
• a customary way of operation or behavior
  • "they changed their dietary pattern"
• a decorative or artistic work
• something regarded as a normative example
• a model considered worthy of imitation
  • "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
• something intended as a guide for making something else
  • "a pattern for a skirt"
• the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
  • "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"
  • "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
• graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
• Model, example.
• Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
• Model, example.
• Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
• Model, example.
• A copy.
• Model, example.
• A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
• Model, example.
• A representative example.
• Model, example.
• The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
• Model, example.
• The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
• Model, example.
• A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mould without damage.
• Model, example.
• A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
• Model, example.
• A design pattern.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
• Coherent or decorative arrangement.
• Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
• A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
• The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.

Verb

Verb Forms: patterned, patterning, patterns

• To make or design according to a prescribed model.
• plan or create according to a model or models
• form a pattern
  • "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
• To apply a pattern.
• To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
• To follow an example.
• To fit into a pattern.
• To serve as an example for.
• To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To assault.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To teach someone a lesson.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To have sex with.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
• To arrange, to organise, to fix.
• To do or perform an activity

Adj

• Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

Examples

• He tried to pattern his game after the Words With Friends champion’s strategic moves.

Synonyms

approach pattern, blueprint, convention, design, figure, form, formula, model, normal, practice, radiation diagram, radiation pattern, rule, shape, traffic pattern, 3, 4, 5, categorize, original, stencil, template, tessellation

Antonyms

antipattern

Anagrams of pattern