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pattern [ pat·tern ]

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ˈpætərn ]
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ˈpætn ]
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Noun

1. A repeated decorative design.

The fabric is baby blue with a pattern of assorted donuts.

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2. An arrangement or design regularly found in comparable objects.

The pattern of arrangement of the stamens was found to be conservative.

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3. A regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done.

By the early 70s, the pattern was becoming quite discernible.

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4. A model or design used as a guide in needlework and other crafts.

Using a T-shirt and an A-line skirt as guides, make paper patterns.

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5. A set of instructions to be followed in making a sewn or knitted item.

the bag contained wool, needles, and a pattern for a sweater

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6. A wooden or metal model from which a mould is made for a casting.

to make a split mould a wooden pattern has to be made first

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7. A sample of cloth or wallpaper.

it is easier to choose carpets from the roll than from a pattern book

8. An example for others to follow.

With regard to disease processes, the chapters follow the same layout and provide an excellent pattern for learning.

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Verb

1. Decorate with a repeated design.

he was sitting on a soft carpet patterned in rich colours

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2. Give a regular or intelligible form to.

I can't help but think we are still looking to secular models to pattern our thinking rather than to revelation.

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3. (pattern something on/after) Give something a form based on that of (something else)

And if you would, who would you want to pattern yourself after?

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Origin

1. Middle English patron ‘something serving as a model’, from Old French (see patron). The change in sense is from the idea of a patron giving an example to be copied. Metathesis in the second syllable occurred in the 16th century. By 1700 patron ceased to be used of things, and the two forms became differentiated in sense.

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