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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I will be the pattern of all patience. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a
        specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
                                                    --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a
        beautiful pattern.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Something made after a model; a copy. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The patterns of things in the heavens. --Heb. ix.
                                                    23.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or
        forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. (Founding) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. a recognizable characteristic relationship or set of
        relationships between the members of any set of objects or
        actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set
        having a definable relationship between its members.
        [PJC]
  
     Note: Various collections of objects or markings are spoken
           of as a pattern. Thus: the distribution of bomb or
           shell impacts on a target area, or of bullet holes in a
           target; a set of traits or actions that appear to be
           consistent throughout the members of a group or over
           time within a group, as behavioral pattern, traffic
           pattern, dress pattern; the wave pattern for a spoken
           word; the pattern of intensities in a spectrum; a
           grammatical pattern.
           [PJC]
  
     9. (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets
        of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the
        plane of fire.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     10. the recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as
         it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as landing
         pattern.
         [PJC]
  
     11. an image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal,
         vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used
         to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the
         accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission
         equipment. Same as test pattern.
         [PJC]
  
     pattern box, pattern chain, or pattern 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pattern \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in
              Paradise.                             --Sir T.
                                                    Herbert.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. (Gun.)
     A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a
     shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of
     fire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pattern \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [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) 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pattern
       n 1: 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"
            [syn: form, shape]
       2: a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their
          practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their
          dietary pattern" [syn: practice]
       3: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on
          the doors" [syn: design, figure]
       4: 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"
          [syn: convention, normal, rule, formula]
       5: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American
          constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
       6: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a
          blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn: blueprint,
           design]
       7: 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" [syn: traffic pattern, approach
          pattern]
       8: graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates)
          of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna
          as a function of angle [syn: radiation pattern, radiation
          diagram]
       v 1: plan or create according to a model or models [syn: model]
       2: form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we
          studied before"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το μοτίβο, ο κανονικός τρόπος με τον οποίο κάτι συμβαίνει ή γίνεται
     2 το πρότυπο, το υπόδειγμα, ένα εξαιρετικό παράδειγμα για να
  ακολουθήσει κάποιος
     3 το σχέδιο, μια τακτική διάταξη γραμμών, σχημάτων, χρωμάτων κτλ. για
  παράδειγμα σε ύφασμα, χαλιά κτλ.
     4 (ετ πληροφ en) συμβολοσειρά που περιέχει σύμβολο υποκατάστασης
  (wildcard characters) και χρησιμοποιείται για ταίριασμα (matching) με
  άλλες συμβολοσειρές

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     a.
     Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
     n.
     1 ''Model, example.''
     2 # Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. (from
  14th c.)
     vb.
     1 To apply a pattern.
     2 To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that
  serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
     3 To follow an example.
     4 To fit into a pattern.
     5 (lb en transitive) To serve as an example for.
     6 (lb en hunting transitive) To observe an animal closely over time
  in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
     7 (lb en MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     a.
     Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
     n.
     1 ''Model, example.''
     2 # Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. (from
  14th c.)
     vb.
     1 To apply a pattern.
     2 To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that
  serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
     3 To follow an example.
     4 To fit into a pattern.
     5 (lb en transitive) To serve as an example for.
     6 (lb en hunting transitive) To observe an animal closely over time
  in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
     7 (lb en MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     a.
     Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
     n.
     1 ''Model, example.''
     2 # Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. (from
  14th c.)
     vb.
     1 To apply a pattern.
     2 To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that
  serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
     3 To follow an example.
     4 To fit into a pattern.
     5 (lb en transitive) To serve as an example for.
     6 (lb en hunting transitive) To observe an animal closely over time
  in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
     7 (lb en MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     a.
     Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
     n.
     1 ''Model, example.''
     2 # Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. (from
  14th c.)
     vb.
     1 To apply a pattern.
     2 To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that
  serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
     3 To follow an example.
     4 To fit into a pattern.
     5 (lb en transitive) To serve as an example for.
     6 (lb en hunting transitive) To observe an animal closely over time
  in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
     7 (lb en MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     Englanti n.
     1 malli; malline
     2 kaava; kaavain
     3 (''tekstiili'') ompelukaava
     4 kuosi, kuvio
     5 (''ammunta'') osumakuvio
     6 mallikappale
     7 (''irlantilainen'') festifaali, juhla
     Englanti vb.
     1 kuvioida, kirjoa
     2 tehdä jonkin mallin mukaan
     3 ottaa mallia jostakin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pattern
     Engelska n.
     mönster, form

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  pattern /pˈatən/
  1. skema
  2. patroon

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pattern /pˈatən/
  النمط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pattern //ˈpatn̩// //ˈpatən// //ˈpætɚn// 
  1. десе́н, ша́рка
  motif or decoration
  2. моде́л, образе́ц, шабло́н
  that from which a copy is made