practice, pattern
(noun) a customary way of operation or behavior; “it is their practice to give annual raises”; “they changed their dietary pattern”
design, pattern, figure
(noun) a decorative or artistic work; “the coach had a design on the doors”
convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula
(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”
blueprint, design, pattern
(noun) something intended as a guide for making something else; “a blueprint for a house”; “a pattern for a skirt”
form, shape, 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”
pattern
(noun) a model considered worthy of imitation; “the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics”
model, pattern
(verb) plan or create according to a model or models
pattern
(verb) form a pattern; “These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pattern (plural patterns)
Model, example.
Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.]
Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. [from 15th c.]
(now rare) A copy. [from 15th c.]
(now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted. [from 16th c.]
A representative example. [from 16th c.]
(US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing. [from 17th c.]
(textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
(metalworking, dated) 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.
(computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. [from 16th c.]
A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect. [from 19th c.]
The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. [from 19th c.]
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. [from 19th c.]
(linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
(computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
• (1): original
• (1): stencil
• (2): tessellation
• (3): category
• (4): cycle
• (5): similarity
• See also model
• antipattern
• design pattern
• pattern notes
• thought pattern
pattern (third-person singular simple present patterns, present participle patterning, simple past and past participle patterned)
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.
To follow an example.
To fit into a pattern.
(transitive) To serve as an example for.
• model
• categorize
• reptant
Source: Wiktionary
Pat"tern, n. Etym: [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron.]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine. I will be the pattern of all patience. Shak.
2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. He compares the pattern with the whole piece. Swift.
3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak. The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.
6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. (Founding)
Definition: A full-sized model around which a mold 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 mold without injuring it. Pattern box, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
– Pattern card. (a) A set of samples on a card. (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.
– Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns.
– Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.
Pat"tern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patterned; p. pr. & vb. n. Patterning.]
1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton. [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel. To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
