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pattern
noun countable UK /ˈpætə(r)n/ 1 a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are donepattern of: Patterns of employment in urban areas are different from those in the countryside. pattern of: We examined patterns of behaviour in young children. follow a pattern (=happen according to a pattern): Training and education follow different patterns in different regions. a pattern emerges/occurs: With such limited data no clear pattern emerges. a set/fixed pattern: There is no set pattern for grieving when a loved one dies. behaviour/sleep patterns: survival-oriented behaviour patterns Synonyms and related words
Series of events or occurrences
Verbs frequently used with pattern as the object ▪ conform to, create, establish, exhibit, follow, form, produce, reveal, show
2 a set of lines, shapes, or colours that are repeated regularlyThe carpet was old, with strange patterns on it. Synonyms and related words
Patterns and arrangements arabesque argyle arrangement 2a a set of sounds that are repeated regularly, for example in a poem Synonyms and related words
General words for sound and qualities of sounds 2b a set of movements that are repeated regularlyThese birds have different flight patterns. Synonyms and related words
Patterns and arrangements arabesque argyle arrangement
3 a drawing or shape that you use when you are making something, so that you get the shape and size correcta sewing/knitting pattern Synonyms and related words
Models and describing models and images cardboard cut-out cast cast 4 linguisticsthe words, phrases, groups, and clauses that are regularly associated with a particular verb, noun, or adjective. For example a common pattern of the verb ‘persuade’ consists of a form of ‘persuade’, a noun group such as ‘her sister’ and a clause beginning with a ‘to’ infinitive. This pattern is abbreviated to ‘V n to-inf’, for example ‘… persuaded her sister to move out of London’. A common pattern of the noun ‘idea’ is ‘N that’, for example ‘… the idea that everyone should drive at 20 miles per hour’.
set a pattern (for something) pattern
noun countable US /ˈpætərn/ 1 a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are donepattern of: We examined patterns of behavior in young children. follow a pattern (=happen according to a pattern): Training and education follow different patterns in different regions. a pattern emerges/occurs: With such limited data no clear pattern emerges. a set/fixed pattern: There is no set pattern for grieving when a loved one dies. behavior/sleep patterns: survival-oriented behavior patterns pattern of: Patterns of employment in urban areas are different from those in the countryside. Synonyms and related words
Series of events or occurrences
Verbs frequently used with pattern as the object ▪ conform to, create, establish, exhibit, follow, form, produce, reveal, show
2 a set of lines, shapes, or colors that are repeated regularlyThe carpet was old, with strange patterns on it. Synonyms and related words
Patterns and arrangements arabesque argyle arrangement 2a a set of sounds that are repeated regularly, for example in a poem Synonyms and related words
General words for sound and qualities of sounds 2b a set of movements that are repeated regularlyThese birds have different flight patterns. Synonyms and related words
Patterns and arrangements arabesque argyle arrangement
3 a drawing or shape that you use when you are making something, so that you get the shape and size correctShe made the dress herself from a commercial pattern. Synonyms and related words
Models and describing models and images cardboard cut-out cast cast 4 linguisticsthe words, phrases, groups, and clauses that are regularly associated with a particular verb, noun, or adjective. For example a common pattern of the verb ‘persuade’ consists of a form of ‘persuade’, a noun group such as ‘her sister’ and a clause beginning with a ‘to’ infinitive. This pattern is abbreviated to ‘V n to-inf’, for example ‘… persuaded her sister to move out of London’. A common pattern of the noun ‘idea’ is ‘N that’, for example ‘… the idea that everyone should drive at 20 miles per hour’.
set a pattern (for something) patternverb transitive UK /ˈpætə(r)n/ 1 to make a pattern on something, for example cloth Synonyms and related words
To draw, or to make a mark or pattern 2 usually passiveto make something so that it is similar to another thingbe patterned on/after something: modern housing developments patterned on 19th-century villages Synonyms and related words
To make a copy of something
patternverb transitive US /ˈpætərn/ 1 to make a pattern on something, for example cloth Synonyms and related words
To draw, or to make a mark or pattern 2 usually passiveto make something so that it is similar to another thingbe patterned on/after something: modern housing developments patterned on 19th-century villages Synonyms and related words
To make a copy of something
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