Pattern can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| pattern - form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" | ||
| pattern - plan or create according to a model or models | ||
Noun |
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| pattern - a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" | ||
| pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" | ||
| pattern - a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" | ||
| pattern - 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 - 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" | ||
| pattern - 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" | ||
| pattern - something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" | ||
| pattern - 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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| 1. | noun | The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics. | |
| 2. | noun | They changed their dietary pattern. | |
| 3. | noun | A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them. | |
| 4. | noun | They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted. | |
| 5. | noun | A pattern for a skirt. | |
| 6. | noun | A pattern of arrests and seizures indicate that arms are brought by the LTTE from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand into Chittagong, from where they are transported northward by land to Bhutan. | |
| 7. | noun | Which may explain the pattern to their stories: a journey to self-empowerment and the enlightenment of self-sacrifice inspired by the light and wisdom of Maryam and Massoud. | |
| 8. | noun | "The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets. | |
| 9. | noun | We've gotten into this fixed pattern. | |
| 10. | noun | Yet today only about 15 percent of American families follow this pattern. | |
| 11. | noun | The colors of the pattern are very ordinary. | |
| 12. | noun | This vowel change has much to do with the overall accent pattern assigned to each word. | |
| 13. | noun | The red kills the whole pattern. | |
| 14. | noun | Around his facts the scientist weaves a logical pattern or theory which gives the facts meaning, order, and significance. | |
| 15. | noun | Man lives in a community, and has to conform to a social pattern. | |
| 16. | verb | These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before. |
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| The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics. |
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| They changed their dietary pattern. |
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| A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them. |
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| They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted. |
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| A pattern for a skirt. |
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| A pattern of arrests and seizures indicate that arms are brought by the LTTE from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand into Chittagong, from where they are transported northward by land to Bhutan. |
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| Which may explain the pattern to their stories: a journey to self-empowerment and the enlightenment of self-sacrifice inspired by the light and wisdom of Maryam and Massoud. |
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| "The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets. |
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| We've gotten into this fixed pattern. | |
| Yet today only about 15 percent of American families follow this pattern. | |
| The colors of the pattern are very ordinary. | |
| This vowel change has much to do with the overall accent pattern assigned to each word. | |
| The red kills the whole pattern. | |
| Around his facts the scientist weaves a logical pattern or theory which gives the facts meaning, order, and significance. | |
| Man lives in a community, and has to conform to a social pattern. | |
| verb | |
| These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before. |
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