Pattern

noun

'pætərn

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”
Type of:ItineraryRoutePath
a customary way of operation or behavior
“they changed their dietary pattern”
Similar:Practice
Type of:Activity
a perceptual structure
“a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them”
Similar:Form Shape
Type of:Structure
something intended as a guide for making something else
“a pattern for a skirt”
Similar:Blueprint Design
Type of:PlanProgramProgramme
a model considered worthy of imitation
“the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics”
Type of:ExemplarModelExample
a decorative or artistic work
Similar:Design Figure
Type of:OrnamentationDecorationOrnament
something regarded as a normative example
Similar:Convention Formula Normal Rule
Type of:Practice
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Type of:Graph

form a pattern
“These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before”
Type of:CorrespondJibeMatch
plan or create according to a model or models
Similar:Model
Type of:ImitateSimulateCopy