pattern

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a model considered worthy of imitation

   the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics

2. 2
   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

3. 3
   verb

   form a pattern

   These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before

4. 4
   noun

   Model, example.

   The wallpaper had a floral pattern.

5. 5
   noun

   Coherent or decorative arrangement.

   On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture.

6. 6
   noun

   A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble

   This guy always chut pattern like badminton.

7. 7
   verb

   To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

   [A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared in Paradise.

8. 8
   verb

   To follow an example.

   Under his system, patterned after the French, the army corps became a more mobile, flexible command.

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.