pattern
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
patterns
plural
patterns
Britannica Dictionary definition of PATTERN
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a repeated form or design especially that is used to decorate something
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see color picture on this page
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The dishes have a floral pattern around the rim.
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The fabric comes in different colors and patterns.
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The rug is decorated with a geometric pattern.
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The shadows made a pattern of lines on the ground.
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a
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the regular and repeated way in which something happens or is done
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They are studying behavior patterns among high-school students.
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Analysts are noticing different spending patterns by consumers.
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The trees followed a characteristic pattern of growth.
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Your symptoms fit the pattern of diabetes. [=your symptoms are the same as the symptoms of diabetes]
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His daily routine followed a set pattern. [=it was always the same]
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The book set the pattern [=created an example which is followed by others] for detective fiction.
b
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something that happens in a regular and repeated way
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We have to find a way to break the pattern of violence. [=to make the violence stop]
3
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a shape or model that is used as a guide for making something
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a dress pattern [=a large piece of paper that is used as a guide for cutting the cloth to make a dress]
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see also holding pattern
2
pattern
/ˈpætɚn/
verb
patterns;
patterned;
patterning
2
pattern
/ˈpætɚn/
verb
patterns;
patterned;
patterning
Britannica Dictionary definition of PATTERN
[+ object]
1
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to make or design (something) so that it is similar to something else of the same type
— usually used as (be) patterned + on or (US) after
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Her garden is patterned on [=modeled on] one she saw on her travels.
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The new program is patterned after an earlier one.
2
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to decorate or mark (something) with a design
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to form a pattern on (something)
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Animal tracks patterned the mud.
pattern yourself on
or US pattern yourself after
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to try to be like and to behave like (someone you admire)
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When he started his own business, he patterned himself after [=modeled himself after] his father. [=he tried to do the things that his father would do]
