English Explanatory Dictionary

pattern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Model, example.
  2. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
  3. Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
  4. A copy.
  5. A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
  6. A representative example.
  7. The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
  8. The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
  9. A full-sized model around which a mould 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 mould without damage.
  10. A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
  11. A design pattern.
  12. Coherent or decorative arrangement.
verb
  1. To apply a pattern.
  2. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
  3. To follow an example.
  4. To fit into a pattern.
  5. To serve as an example for.
  6. To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
  7. To arrange, to organise, to fix.
  8. To assault.
  9. To teach someone a lesson.
  10. To have sex with.
  11. To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
  12. To do or perform an activity
adj
  1. Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæ̞t(ə)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pattern.wav /ˈpætɚn/ [ˈpæɾɚn] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Moire9-pattern.wav

Word forms

pattern patterns patterning patterned

Etymology

From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and patroon.

Synonyms

3 4 5 original stencil template tessellation model categorize

Antonyms

antipattern

Derived words

abstract factory pattern adapter pattern Airy pattern anti-pattern architectural pattern beampattern behavioral pattern behavioural pattern be part of life's rich pattern biopattern bridge pattern builder pattern candlestick pattern chain-of-responsibility pattern Chladni pattern choo pattern choot pattern chu pattern chut pattern class adapter pattern command pattern composite pattern compound pattern concurrency pattern co-pattern creational pattern curiously recurring template pattern dark pattern decorator pattern depattern design pattern diffraction pattern durational pattern eigenpattern eye pattern façade pattern facade pattern factory method pattern factory pattern fact pattern fact-pattern female pattern baldness flyweight pattern front controller pattern glycopattern holding pattern hydropattern indulgency pattern integumentary pattern interference pattern iterator pattern Kelvin wake pattern knitting pattern lexicosyntactic pattern Lichtenberg pattern macropattern male pattern baldness male-pattern violence male pattern violence marker interface pattern

Translations

Bulgarian: закономерност Esperanto: skemo Finnish: kuvio Finnish: kaavamaisuus Finnish: kaava French: régularité French: tendance French: schéma Greek: πρότυπο Icelandic: munstur Italian: schema Italian: regolarità Italian: forma Japanese: パターン Korean: 패턴 Macedonian: закономерност Macedonian: шема Romanian: regularitate Romanian: uniformitate Russian: закономе́рность Russian: моде́ль Russian: схе́ма Russian: образе́ц Russian: па́ттерн Scottish Gaelic: pàtran Spanish: dibujo Spanish: forma Swedish: mönster Turkish: örüntü Zazaki: munge
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