Etymology: (1325–75; ME patron < ML patrōnus model, pattern, L: patron)
Definition of 'pattern'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)form, shape, pattern a perceptual structure "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
2. (noun)practice, pattern a customary way of operation or behavior "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
3. (noun)design, pattern, figure a decorative or artistic work "the coach had a design on the doors"
4. (noun)convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula something regarded as a normative example "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
5. (noun)pattern a model considered worthy of imitation "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
6. (noun)blueprint, design, pattern something intended as a guide for making something else "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
7. (noun)traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern 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"
8. (verb)radiation pattern, radiation diagram, pattern graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
9. (verb)model, pattern plan or create according to a model or models
10. (verb)pattern form a pattern "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
1. (noun)pattern a series of shapes, colors, lines, etc. in a repeated sequence I love the pattern on his t-shirt.
2. pattern a regular sequence in how sth or sb develops or happens detailed records of weather patterns in the region; sleep patterns in the elderly
3. pattern a plan or explanation of how to make sth a knitting pattern
Definition of 'pattern'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)pattern anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine
2. (noun)pattern a part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance
3. (noun)pattern stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern
4. (noun)pattern figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern
5. (noun)pattern something made after a model; a copy
6. (noun)pattern anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern
7. (noun)pattern a full-sized model around which a mold 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 mold without injuring it
8. (verb)pattern to make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate
9. (verb)pattern to serve as an example for; also, to parallel
Definitions of pattern 
Afrikaans: patroon
Arabic: نَموذَج، شَكْل
Bulgarian: образец
Brazilian: molde
Czech: vzor, model
German: das Muster
Danish: mønster; -mønster; model;
Greek: πρότυπο, πατρόν, χνάρι
Spanish: patrón, modelo
Estonian: mudel
Farsi: الگو
Finnish: kaava
French: patron
Hebrew: דוּגמָא
Hindi: नमूना, प्रतिरूप
Croatian: crtež, šablona
Hungarian: minta
Indonesian: pola
Icelandic: snið, uppskrift
Italian: modello, campione
Japanese: 型
Korean: 양식
Lithuanian: modelis,šablonas, fasonas
Latvian: modelis; piegrieztne
Malay: pola
Dutch: patroon
Norwegian: (snitt)mønster, modell
Polish: forma, wykrój
Persian: الگو
Pashto: نمونه، ماډل، مثال، نخښه
Portuguese: molde
Romanian: model
Russian: образец, шаблон; выкройка
Slovak: vzor, model
Slovenian: model, kroj
Serbian: uzor
Swedish: mönster
Thai: แบบ
Turkish: model
Taiwanese: 模型
Ukrainian: шаблон; модель
Urdu: نمونہ
Vietnamese: mẫu
Chinese: 模型
