PATTERN

/ˈpat(ə)n/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 11

Scrabble letter values: P3A1T1T1E1R1N1 = 9

Definition

  1. verb plan or create according to a model or models. — synonyms: model
  2. verb form a pattern.
  3. noun a perceptual structure. — synonyms: form, shape
  4. noun a customary way of operation or behavior. — synonyms: practice
  5. noun a decorative or artistic work. — synonyms: design, figure
  6. noun something regarded as a normative example. — synonyms: convention, normal, rule, formula
  7. noun a model considered worthy of imitation.
  8. noun something intended as a guide for making something else. — synonyms: blueprint, design
  9. noun the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport. — synonyms: traffic_pattern, approach_pattern
  10. noun graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle. — synonyms: radiation_pattern, radiation_diagram

Examples

  • “These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before”
  • “the composition presents problems for students of musical form”
  • “a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them”

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