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Meaning of 'pattern' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pattern [ n.]
- 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.
- A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
- Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
- Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
- Something made after a model; a copy.
- Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's 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.
2 . Pattern [ v. t.]
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

Meaning of 'pattern' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pattern [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something intended as a guide for making something else
Example in sentence:
  • a blueprint for a house;
  • a pattern for a skirt
Meaning (2):
- a perceptual structure
Example in sentence:
  • a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them;
  • the composition presents problems for students of musical form
Meaning (3):
- something regarded as a normative example
Example in sentence:
  • his formula for impressing visitors;
  • the convention of not naming the main character;
  • violence is the rule not the exception
Meaning (4):
- a customary way of operation or behavior
Example in sentence:
  • it is their practice to give annual raises;
  • they changed their dietary pattern
Meaning (5):
- a model considered worthy of imitation
Example in sentence:
  • the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
Meaning (6):
- a decorative or artistic work
Example in sentence:
  • the coach had a design on the doors
Meaning (7):
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
Example in sentence:
  • the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded;
  • they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
8 . pattern [ v]
Meaning (8):
- form a pattern
Example in sentence:
  • These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before

Nearby Words:

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