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US
/ˈpætɝn/
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[ UK /pˈætən/ ]
[ UK /pˈætən/ ]
NOUN
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a decorative or artistic work
the coach had a design on the doors -
a customary way of operation or behavior
they changed their dietary pattern
it is their practice to give annual raises -
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 - graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
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something intended as a guide for making something else
a pattern for a skirt
a blueprint for a house -
a model considered worthy of imitation
the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics -
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 -
something regarded as a normative example
his formula for impressing visitors
violence is the rule not the exception
the convention of not naming the main character
VERB
- plan or create according to a model or models
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form a pattern
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
How To Use pattern In A Sentence
- Quite a bit of tablet weave, where you weave a pattern into the fabric, has been found. Times, Sunday Times
- Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
- Labor economics has become virtually a branch of applied econometrics, with the usual large data sets and headless horsemen running around looking for patterns.
- Tweed sports jackets are all the rage, and the best part is that you don't need to worry about matching patterns when it comes to blazers and button-down shirts.
- Wildlife Watching Supplies stock a wide range of materials, olive green or camouflage pattern, lightweight, medium and heavy weight, showerproofed polycotton and waterproof nylon.
- Hence, the aim of the analysis of attitudes was to reveal the hidden patterns typically sedimented in particular social and cultural contexts.
- This is not by any means the only instance of financial incompetence on the part of our various Scottish ancestors, nor indeed of the tendency to resort to violence, and those patterns offer surprisingly little reassurance from the genetic standpoint. Archive 2009-03-01
- However, outside of Africa, the major regions of Europe, east Asia, and the Americas exhibit three different patterns.
- This pattern of stimulus and response is parallel to the way that a shepherd might train his sheepdog.
- Most prewar kitchens had ceramic tile countertops and backsplashes, and many of the original patterns and colors are now back in production.
