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pattern
a customary way of operation or behavior
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noun
a customary way of operation or behavior
“it is their practice to give annual raises”
noun
a decorative or artistic work
“the coach had a design on the doors”
noun
something regarded as a normative example
“the convention of not naming the main character”
noun
something intended as a guide for making something else
“a blueprint for a house”
noun
a perceptual structure
“the composition presents problems for students of musical form”
noun
a model considered worthy of imitation
“the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics”
noun
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
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”
verb
plan or create according to a model or models
verb
form a pattern
“These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before”
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it is their practice to give annual raises
they changed their dietary pattern
the coach had a design on the doors
the convention of not naming the main character
violence is the rule not the exception
his formula for impressing visitors
a blueprint for a house
a pattern for a skirt
the composition presents problems for students of musical form
a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
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