pattern

n. motif, repeated decorative design; sample; model or design used as a guide for sewing or needlework (such as dress pattern); model, example, ideal; something that takes place in a regular way and repeated manner (such as eating, sleeping, ect.), framework, regular or repeated way or sequence recognizable in the manner in which something takes place or is done; specimen, swatch, form, mold; shape, configuration

v. decorate with a pattern; imitate, mimic; copy an example

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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

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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

nm. pattern, sample; model, ideal; form, mold; shape

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