pattern
| 1. |
(verb) form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before" |
|
Related Words: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
|
| 2. |
(noun) a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" |
|
Related Words: example, exemplar, good example, model |
|
| 3. |
(noun) a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
|
Synonyms: practice |
|
Related Words: activity, biologism, cannibalism, careerism, cooperation, cross dressing, custom, fashion, featherbedding, formalism, habitude, lynch law, mistreatment, modernism, naturism, nudism, one-upmanship, peonage, popery, ritual, ritualism, slavery, symbolism, transvestism, transvestitism, unwritten law, usage |
|
| 4. |
(verb) plan or create according to a model or models |
|
Synonyms: model |
|
Related Words: copy, imitate, scale, simulate, sovietize |
|
| 5. |
(noun) a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors" |
|
Synonyms: design, figure |
|
Related Words: bear claw, damascene, decal, decalcomania, decoration, device, emblem, linocut, marking, motif, ornament, ornamentation, polka dot, screen saver, tattoo, weave |
|
| 6. |
(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" |
|
Synonyms: convention, formula, normal, rule |
|
Related Words: code of behavior, code of conduct, mores, practice |
|
| 7. |
(noun) something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" |
|
Synonyms: blueprint, design |
|
Related Words: plan, program, programme |
|
| 8. |
(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" |
|
Synonyms: form, shape |
|
Related Words: fractal, gestalt, mosaic, strand, structure |
|
| 9. |
(noun) 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" |
|
Synonyms: approach pattern, traffic pattern |
|
Related Words: path, route |
|
|