pattern

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

   A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

3. 3noun

   Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.

4. 4noun

   Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.

5. 5noun

   Something made after a model; a copy.

6. 6noun

   Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.

7. 7noun

   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. 8transitive verb

   To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

9. 9transitive verb

   To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

10. 10noun

    a customary way of operation or behavior

    "it is their practice to give annual raises"

    "they changed their dietary pattern"

    Synonyms

    practice
11. 11noun

    a decorative or artistic work

    "the coach had a design on the doors"

    Synonyms

    designfigure
12. 12noun

    something regarded as a normative example

    "the convention of not naming the main character"

    "violence is the rule not the exception"

    Synonyms

    conventionformulanormalrule
13. 13noun

    something intended as a guide for making something else

    "a blueprint for a house"

    "a pattern for a skirt"

    Synonyms

    blueprintdesign
14. 14noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    formshape
15. 15noun

    a model considered worthy of imitation

    "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

16. 16noun

    graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

17. 17noun

    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"

18. 18verb

    plan or create according to a model or models

    Synonyms

    model
19. 19verb

    form a pattern

    "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"