Pronunciations (5)
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/ˈpæ̞t(ə)n/
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/ˈpætɚn/
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[ˈpæɾɚn]
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ˈpat(ə)n
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ˈpætəɹn
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Noun
Model, example. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
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The wallpaper had a floral pattern.
There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern.
Model, example. Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
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Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all.
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I write this to repeat most earnestly for myself all that she said to you and to let you know how sure I am that you will sooner or later find our cousin John a pattern of truth, sincerity, and goodness, when you will deeply, deeply grieve to have done him (without intending it) so much wrong.
The Platonic Socrates was a pattern to subsequent philosophers for many ages.
Model, example. A copy.
Usage- Archaic
Model, example. A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
Model, example. A representative example.
Model, example. The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
Usage- US usage
Model, example. The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
Model, example. 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.
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From this point those who became pupils went on to a further series of shops, usually commencing with the pattern shop. […] However, some of us did make quite reasonable patterns and had the satisfaction of seeing castings produced from them but, sad to say, many of these efforts were used as firewood after they had left the shop.
But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […].
Model, example. A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
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There were no files matching the pattern *.txt.
Model, example. A design pattern.
Usage- In compounds
Coherent or decorative arrangement. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
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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.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
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He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
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follow a pattern
There’s a clear pattern of behavior emerging.
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pattern of growth
The three killings pointed to an ugly new shift in the enduring pattern of violence in Northern Ireland: the mostly Protestant Ulster police, or those suspected of affiliation with them, have become more prominent targets for the I.R.A. than the British troops.
Look again at how the US and its allies behaved then, and the pattern is unmistakable.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
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Pattern 10 is open in figure 3.9, showing the 64 notes in the pattern (each pattern in this song has 64 beats).
A MOD file contains a number of short audio samples, and instructions or a “pattern” for how and when those samples are to be played.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
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For example, at one point it claims that in order to view a pattern capable of reproduction and evolution, one would need a computer with a screen the size of the solar system, and the pattern would be so sparse anyway as to be almost unobservable.
The state of the pattern after 1.25 * 10^12 generations is here:
The isotropy means all patterns behave the same regardless of orientation in space, they can be flipped or rotated without changing their behavior.
Coherent or decorative arrangement. Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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I got so much of it, my cousins think I've got a pattern with Celine And that I'm lyin', when I say that I do no get it for free
A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
Usage- Singapore
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This guy always chut pattern like badminton.
The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
Usage- Ireland
Verb
To apply a pattern.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
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[A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
To follow an example.
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Under his system, patterned after the French, the army corps became a more mobile, flexible command.
To fit into a pattern.
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Although there is no direct evidence for the identification of *θi as a genuine prefix in this word, it patterns well with the other discussed instances of *θi- both morphologically and semantically.
To serve as an example for.
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To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
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To arrange, to organise, to fix.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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MALACHI: Are you two fucking mad? Listen, you need to pattern up, you know?
To arrange, to organise, to fix. To assault.
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Pattern gang, who they patterning? Pull up, skrr, have them panicking.
Batteries already included, man just shoot it. Trying to pattern your bruces (all of them).
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YS just crashed that corn and I swear man's eardrum started rattling (Mad ting). Touch jail when the gang starts patterning.
To arrange, to organise, to fix. To teach someone a lesson.
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The system can't pattern me out or pattern me down, I'll pattern these clowns. They tried block my path, I built my own. Ya dun know, better start patterning now.
Let me pattern these boys on time.
And I can't lie, I'm really disgusted. I gave 'em my swag, they ain't doing it right. Ima pattern these kids like Ofsted (Chyeah).
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Slap him up to pattern him.
To arrange, to organise, to fix. To have sex with.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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Pretty girls wanna beat, wanna pattern.
My gal so fine, pattern her. Sorry, little nigga, better pattern up.
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Don't do dates and I don't like coffee. If she's a 10 I'll pattern her properly.
I see it, I want it, I click it. Nights in the bando, Pyrex whippin'. Pattern your bitch 'cause she's likin' my pictures.
I call her the passionate topper. I book out the suite and she pattern me proper.
To arrange, to organise, to fix. To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
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You know man's patterned, man's still slanging. Pack just vanished, all raw, no magic.
Bro thinks I'm booky, cah I ain't tryna sell him shit. Gotta peb this brick, on the next one I'll pattern him.
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Twenty pound each for the laces but Tae can pattern me three for fifty. Step with my chain out, everyone shifty.
To arrange, to organise, to fix. To do or perform an activity
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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Oh, you mad? Then come at me, you prick. Make a move, better pattern it quick.
Me and bro tryna pattern this grow. We ain't editin' pictures but I'm still croppin'.
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My girl wanna pattern her hair and nails. So I took her down to Camberwell.
Adjective
Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
Usage- not-comparable
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"Not to me," interrupted his sister. "I will have no straw-bonneted, gingham-gowned pattern wives in my acquaintance. I shall make a point of cutting you."
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The parish duty was better attended to, and perhaps domestic duties also. At such period he was a pattern parson and a pattern husband, atoning to his own conscience for past shortcomings by present zeal.
Noun
a perceptual structure
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the composition presents problems for students of musical form
a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
a customary way of operation or behavior
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it is their practice to give annual raises
they changed their dietary pattern
a decorative or artistic work
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the coach had a design on the doors
something regarded as a normative example
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the convention of not naming the main character
violence is the rule not the exception
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his formula for impressing visitors
a model considered worthy of imitation
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the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
something intended as a guide for making something else
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a blueprint for a house
a pattern for a skirt
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
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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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Verb
plan or create according to a model or models
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form a pattern
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These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before