pat·tern (p t  rn)n.1. a. A model or original used as an archetype. b. A person or thing considered worthy of imitation. 2. A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things: a dress pattern. See Synonyms at ideal. 3. A representative sample; a specimen. 4. a. An artistic or decorative design: a paisley pattern. See Synonyms at figure. b. A design of natural or accidental origin: patterns of bird formations. 5. A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as: a. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group: one's pattern of behavior. b. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works. 6. a. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting. b. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun. 7. Enough material to make a complete garment. 8. A test pattern. 9. The flight path of an aircraft about to land: a flight pattern. 10. Football A pass pattern. v. pat·terned, pat·tern·ing, pat·terns v.tr.1. To make, mold, or design by following a pattern: We patterned this plan on the previous one. My daughter patterned her military career after her father's. 2. To cover or ornament with a design or pattern. v.intr. To make a pattern.
[Middle English patron, from Old French; see patron.] |
pattern Noun 1. an arrangement of repeated parts or decorative designs 2. a regular recognizable way that something is done: I followed a normal eating pattern 3. a plan or diagram used as a guide to making something: a knitting pattern 4. a model worthy of imitation: a pattern of kindness 5. a representative sample Verb (foll. by after, on)to model: an orchestra patterned after Count Basie's [Medieval Latin patronus example]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  pattern - 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"structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" fractal - (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry gestalt - a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts grid - a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines kaleidoscope - a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes mosaic - a pattern resembling a mosaic strand - a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously" | | 2. | pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" biologism - use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior cooperation - the practice of cooperating; "economic cooperation"; "they agreed on a policy of cooperation" featherbedding - the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required formalism - the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms one-upmanship - the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor pluralism - the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time modernism - practices typical of contemporary life or thought occult arts, occult - supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult" cannibalism - the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind careerism - the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity fashion - characteristic or habitual practice lobbyism - the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist peonage - the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged lynch law - the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law mistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother" popery, papism - offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church quotation - the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation" ritual - the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies ritualism - exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship systematism - the habitual practice of systematization and classification | | 3. | pattern - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"argyle, argyll - a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland bear claw - an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery damascene - a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel decal, decalcomania - either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface device - any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery) emblem - special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. herringbone pattern, herringbone - a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery linocut - a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum mandala - any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation mihrab - (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca motif, motive - a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration polka dot - design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots screen saver - (computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time; "screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long" sunburst - a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it tattoo - a design on the skin made by tattooing tetraskele, tetraskelion - a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center triskele, triskelion - a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center weave - pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric | | 4. |  pattern - 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"practice - knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" mores - (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group code of behavior, code of conduct - a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group universal - a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings; "some form of religion seems to be a human universal" | | 5. | pattern - a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"exemplar, good example, example, model - something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" | | 6. |  pattern - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" | | 7. |  pattern - 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" | | 8. |  pattern - graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of anglegraph, graphical record - a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes lobe - the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | | Verb | 1. | pattern - plan or create according to a model or modelsimitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" scale - pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard sovietise, sovietize - model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union; "Castro sovietized Cuba" | | 2. | pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
pattern noun 4. model, example, standard, original, guide, par, criterion, norm, prototype, paradigm, archetype, paragon, exemplar, cynosure  Translations pattern [ˈpætən] n ( SEWING) → patrón m (= design); dibujo (= behaviour, events); esquema m; pattern of events → curso de los hechos;
 pattern [ˈpætən] n → modèle m;
 pattern [ˈpætən] n → Muster nt; behaviour patterns → Verhaltensmuster pl
 pattern [ˈpætən] n → modello;
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