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Definitions for Pattern

[1] a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
[2] decoration or ornament having such a design.
[3] a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design: patterns of frost on the window.
[4] a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
[5] a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement: the behavior patterns of teenagers.
[6] an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation: Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.
[7] anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made: a paper pattern for a dress.
[8] a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.
[9] the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.
[10] a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.
[11] Metallurgy . a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.
[12] Numismatics . a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.
[13] an example, instance, sample, or specimen.
[14] Gunnery , Aerial Bombing . the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped. a diagram showing such distribution.
[15] to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.
[16] to cover or mark with a pattern.
[17] Chiefly British Dialect . to imitate. to attempt to match or duplicate.
[18] to make or fall into a pattern.
[19] an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc although the notes seemed random, a careful listener could detect a pattern
[20] a decorative design a paisley pattern
[21] a style various patterns of cutlery
[22] a plan or diagram used as a guide in making something a paper pattern for a dress
[23] a standard way of moving, acting, etc traffic patterns
[24] a model worthy of imitation a pattern of kindness
[25] a representative sample
[26] a wooden or metal shape or model used in a foundry to make a mould
[27] the arrangement of marks made in a target by bullets a diagram displaying such an arrangement
[28] (often foll by after or on ) to model
[29] to arrange as or decorate with a pattern
[30] Irish an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint

Words related to Pattern

arrangement, sort, style, sequence, variety, system, method, shape, type, kind, standard, trim, motive, diagram, figure, impression, instruction, ornament, guide, decoration

Words nearby Pattern

patrón, patsy, patten, patter, patter song, pattern, pattern bargaining, pattern bombing, pattern practice, pattern recognition, pattern sensitive epilepsy

Origin of Pattern

1325–75; Middle English patron < Medieval Latin patrōnus model, special use of Latin patrōnus patron

Other words from Pattern

pat·tern·a·ble , adjective
pat·terned , adjective
pat·tern·er , noun
pat·tern·less , adjective
pat·tern·like , adjective
pat·tern·y , adjective
non·pat·terned , adjective
re·pat·tern , verb (used with object)
sem·i·pat·terned , adjective
sub·pat·tern , noun
un·pat·terned , adjective

Word origin for Pattern

C18: variant of patron 1 ; see pattern 1

Synonyms for Pattern

arrangement, decoration, device, diagram, figure, guide, impression, instruction, markings, mold, motive, original, ornament, patterning, plan, stencil, template, trim