pat·tern·like,adjectivepat·tern·y,adjectivenon·pat·terned,adjectivere·pat·tern,verb (used with object)sem·i·pat·terned,adjectivesub·pat·tern,nounun·pat·terned,adjective
This, according to the writers, is a marked departure from the voting patterns of the 2016 presidential elections.
The Modi-Trump friendship could change the way Indian-Americans vote in November 2020|Manavi Kapur|September 17, 2020|Quartz
When macrophages and other innate immune cells respond to pathogens, their DNA gets epigenetic modifications that make it easier to activate the genes that direct the cell to make pattern recognition receptors and disease-fighting proteins.
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus|Esther Landhuis|September 14, 2020|Quanta Magazine
We have to remember that, and be vigilant in our efforts so that we do not reproduce these patterns.
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard|Neil Lewis Jr. (nlewisjr@cornell.edu)|September 14, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Including non-Western countries in AI ethics is the best way to avoid repeating this pattern.
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes|Amy Nordrum|September 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Chang isn’t the only one to encounter unusual patterns in the options market.
‘Going to Vegas:’ Newbie options traders face a reckoning as the tech stock rally fades|Jeff|September 14, 2020|Fortune
And in so many of these events, the pattern of “blame the victim” was quickly in evidence.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I would have told them, ‘Do not get into a pattern in which you’re intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.
Should the U.S. Really Pay a Kim’s Ransom?|Kevin Bleyer|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although the Brits would capture New York City a few weeks later, a pattern had been set.
The British Royals Reinvade Brooklyn: William and Kate Come Watch Basketball on Historic Battle Site|Justin Jones|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The endpaper features a “pattern of marbleized paper” that has been “individually designed.”
Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The loss of his life, and all the others from this summer, back to Trayvon and well before that, are part of a pattern.
Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire|Justin Glawe|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the last year of this period the pattern post was established.
The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, Vol. II (of 2)|Rowland Hill
There were rumours that among the articles was a silver coal-scuttle, but it proved to be a sugar-bowl in that pattern.
Tommy and Grizel|J.M. Barrie
For a good mile he trudged on, never taking his eyes off the pattern impressed on the surface of the road.
The House of Strange Secrets|A. Eric Bayly
Continue the rows until sufficient of the pattern is worked.
The Art of Modern Lace Making|The Butterick Publishing Co.
As the heat burned off the inclosing basket, the pattern was left molded on the clay.
The Silent Readers|William D. Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for pattern (1 of 2)
pattern1
/ (ˈpætən) /
noun
an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etcalthough the notes seemed random, a careful listener could detect a pattern
a decorative designa paisley pattern
a stylevarious patterns of cutlery
a plan or diagram used as a guide in making somethinga paper pattern for a dress
a standard way of moving, acting, etctraffic patterns
a model worthy of imitationa pattern of kindness
a representative sample
a wooden or metal shape or model used in a foundry to make a mould
the arrangement of marks made in a target by bullets
a diagram displaying such an arrangement
verb(tr)
(often foll by after or on) to model
to arrange as or decorate with a pattern
Word Origin for pattern
C14 patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus example, from Latin: patron1
British Dictionary definitions for pattern (2 of 2)
pattern2
patron
/ (ˈpætərn) /
noun
Irishan outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint