Patterns 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 |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | They already are altering their patterns of behavior in response to what is happening. | |
| 2. | noun | I can see some intricate patterns in the picture. | |
| 3. | noun | These patterns show you how to make sentences. | |
| 4. | noun | Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey. | |
| 5. | noun | Patterns of married life are changing a lot. | |
| 6. | noun | Global warming will change the patterns of the weather world-wide. | |
| 7. | noun | She won't conform to the town's social patterns. | |
| 8. | noun | Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English. | |
| 9. | noun | Making generalizations seems to be in line with how we think since we tend to look for patterns in the world around us. | |
| 10. | noun | He often adopts the behaviours and speech patterns that characterise the advantaged. | |
| 11. | noun | He often adopts the behaviors and speech patterns that characterize the advantaged. | |
| 12. | noun | A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. | |
| 13. | noun | When left to my own devices, I tend to daydream and get lost in a series of tangential thought patterns. | |
| 14. | noun | Most native patterns, presented to most native speakers, would elicit: "I've never heard that." | |
| 15. | noun | Let us not forget that many of Shakespeare's words -aye, and patterns, too- were by him coined. | |
| 16. | verb | These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| They already are altering their patterns of behavior in response to what is happening. |
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| I can see some intricate patterns in the picture. | |
| These patterns show you how to make sentences. | |
| Patterns of freeze-up and breakup influence the distribution and number of seals, the polar bear's main prey. | |
| Patterns of married life are changing a lot. | |
| Global warming will change the patterns of the weather world-wide. | |
| She won't conform to the town's social patterns. | |
| Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English. | |
| Making generalizations seems to be in line with how we think since we tend to look for patterns in the world around us. | |
| He often adopts the behaviours and speech patterns that characterise the advantaged. | |
| He often adopts the behaviors and speech patterns that characterize the advantaged. | |
| A very small percentage of individuals may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. | |
| When left to my own devices, I tend to daydream and get lost in a series of tangential thought patterns. | |
| Most native patterns, presented to most native speakers, would elicit: "I've never heard that." | |
| Let us not forget that many of Shakespeare's words -aye, and patterns, too- were by him coined. | |
| verb | |
| These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before. |
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