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"
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"
Definitions of 'pattern'
Webster 1913 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
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
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