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patterns
noun(pat-tern)
a customary way of operation or behavior
Synonyms: practice,
Examples:
They changed their dietary pattern.
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
a perceptual structure
Synonyms: form, shape,
Examples:
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them.
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
something intended as a guide for making something else
Synonyms: blueprint, design,
Examples:
A pattern for a skirt.
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
a decorative or artistic work
Synonyms: design, figure,
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
Synonyms: approach pattern, traffic pattern,
Examples:
The traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded.
They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted.
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
something regarded as a normative example
Synonyms: convention, formula, normal, rule,
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Synonyms: radiation diagram, radiation pattern,
patterns
verb(pat-tern)
plan or create according to a model or models
Synonyms: model,
patterns
noun(pat-tern)
a model considered worthy of imitation
Examples:
The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics.
patterns
verb(pat-tern)
form a pattern
Examples:
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before.

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