How to pronounce "pattern"

• "pattern" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "pattern"

Noun

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"

Synonyms:

• form
• shape
• pattern

Noun

a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

Synonyms:

• practice
• pattern

Noun

a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"

Synonyms:

• design
• pattern
• figure

Noun

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"

Synonyms:

• convention
• normal
• pattern
• rule
• formula

Noun

a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"

Synonyms:

• pattern

Noun

something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"

Synonyms:

• blueprint
• design
• pattern

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"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"

Synonyms:

• traffic pattern
• approach pattern
• pattern

Noun

graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

Synonyms:

• radiation pattern
• radiation diagram
• pattern

Verb

plan or create according to a model or models

Synonyms:

• model
• pattern

Verb

form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

Synonyms:

• pattern