pattern

pattern is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
3. noun. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. noun. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. noun. Something made after a model; a copy.
6. noun. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. noun. 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. transitive verb. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
9. transitive verb. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
10. noun. a customary way of operation or behavior

    "it is their practice to give annual raises"

    "they changed their dietary pattern"

    Synonyms: practice

11. noun. a decorative or artistic work

    "the coach had a design on the doors"

    Synonyms: design, figure

12. noun. something regarded as a normative example

    "the convention of not naming the main character"

    "violence is the rule not the exception"

    Synonyms: convention, formula, normal, rule

13. noun. something intended as a guide for making something else

    "a blueprint for a house"

    "a pattern for a skirt"

    Synonyms: blueprint, design

14. noun. 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: form, shape

15. noun. a model considered worthy of imitation

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

16. noun. graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
17. noun. 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. verb. plan or create according to a model or models

    Synonyms: model

19. verb. form a pattern

    "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

Synonyms

practice, design, figure, convention, formula, normal, rule, blueprint, form, shape, model

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pattern:

reptant

Common word forms

patterns, patterned, patterner, patterning, patternize, patternable, patternless

Words from these letters

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