pattern

Noun
  1. A perceptual structure (synset 105939522)
    "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
  2. A customary way of operation or behavior (synset 100411260)
    "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
  3. A decorative or artistic work (synset 103183448)
    "the coach had a design on the doors"
  4. Something regarded as a normative example (synset 105675457)
    "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
  5. A model considered worthy of imitation (synset 105947513)
    "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
  6. Something intended as a guide for making something else (synset 105910921)
    "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
  7. The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport (synset 108509757)
    "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
  8. Graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle (synset 107018386)
Verb
  1. Plan or create according to a model or models (synset 201747665)
  2. Form a pattern (synset 202718118)
    "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

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