Definition of Pattern

Babylon English Dictionary
sample; model, ideal; form, mold; shape, configuration; decorative design
decorate with a pattern; imitate, mimic; copy an example
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Pattern Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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exemplar, exemplum
Pattern Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
  
(v. t.)
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
  
(n.)
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
  
(n.)
Something made after a model; a copy.
  
(n.)
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful 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.
  
(n.)
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
  
(n.)
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
  
(n.)
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.
  
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pattern
\pat"tern\, n. (gun.) a diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
pattern
\pat"tern\ (?), n. [oe. patron, f. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. see patron.]
1. 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. i will be the pattern of all patience.
2. a part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. he compares the pattern with the whole piece.
3. stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. something made after a model; a copy. the patterns of things in the heavens. ix. 23.
6. anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. (founding) 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.
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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
patrún
English Phonetics

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Anghraifft = n. a pattern
Cynllun = n. pattern, model
Cynnelw = n. pattern
Dull = n. figure, shape, farm, manner; pattern
Portreiad = n. a pattern, a sampler, a model
Shakespeare Words
to give an example of Afford a pattern for
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) form, shape
(hypernym) structure
(hyponym) fractal
(part-holonym) percept, perception, perceptual experience
2. a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
(synonym) practice
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) biologism
3. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
(synonym) design, figure
(hypernym) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
(hyponym) argyle, argyll
4. something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
(synonym) convention, normal, rule, formula
(hypernym) practice
(hyponym) mores
5. a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
(hypernym) exemplar, example, model, good example
(derivation) model
6. something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
(synonym) blueprint, design
(hypernym) plan, program, programme
(derivation) model
7. 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"
(synonym) traffic pattern, approach pattern
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(part-meronym) approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope
8. graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
(synonym) radiation pattern, radiation diagram
(hypernym) graph, graphical record
(part-meronym) lobe

Verb
1. plan or create according to a model or models
(synonym) model
(hypernym) imitate, copy, simulate
(hyponym) scale
2. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(derivation) traffic pattern, approach pattern
Pattern Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
A technical chart formation used to make market predictions by following the price movements of securities.
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Glossary of Iron Casting Terms
A form of wood, metal or other materials, around which molding material is placed to make a mold for casting metals.
Pattern Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
A pattern, from the French patron, is a type of theme of recurring events or objects, sometimes referred to as elements of a set of objects.

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Pattern Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
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