Pattern

Noun

 * 1) That from which a copy is made
 * 2) A design, motif or decoration formed from multiple copies of an original fitted together.
 * 3) An arrangement of objects, facts etc. which has a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
 * 4) A series of steps, repeated.
 * 5) The quality held in common by a pattern.
 * 6)  In Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic languages, the arrangement of prefixes, suffixes, consonant-doubling, vowels, and stress in a word formed around a consonantal root.
 * 7)  A design pattern.

Synonyms

 * original (1)
 * stencil (1)
 * tessellation (2)
 * category (3)
 * cycle (4)
 * similarity (5)
 * See also Thesaurus:model

Verb

 * 1) to apply a pattern
 * 2) to follow an example
 * 3) to fit into a pattern
 * 1) to fit into a pattern

Synonyms

 * model
 * categorize (2)

Adjectives for Pattern
curious; significant; exclusive; intricate; delicate;  existing;   original;   distinctive; ornamental; complex; decorative; pronounced; wondrous; ageless; accurate; complicated; tasteful; metrical; tremulous; frigid; animal; primitive; blotchy; mental; shadow; effective; whimsical; comprehensive; unknown; arbitrary; geometrical; experimental; mosaic; balanced; agricultural; unpretentious; running; ever-present; schizoid; wanted; rich; vivid; starched; perfect; unconventional;  operatic;   rudimentary; tawdry; aesthetic; ideal; inconspicuous; characterful; scroll; serene; architectural; everlasting; colorful; new; striped; neat; smart; diversified; selective; beautiful; un-ususal; quiet; spring; stimulating; popular; plaid; plumage; subdued; dark; striking; artificia= attractive;  exclusive;   fabric; sprightly; authentic; young-blooded; lacy.

Verbs for Pattern
cling to—; comply with—; conform to—; copy—; devise—; follow—; improve upon —; infringe on—; knit—; mark—; observe — surpass—; trace—; transcend—; violate — weave—; —baffles; —exemplifies; — guides; —illustrates; —indicates; —regul¬ates; —represents; —simplifies.

Adverbs for Pattern
exquisitely; exclusively; intricately; delicately; accurately; whimsically; geometrically; vividly; unconventionally; authentically.

Thesaurus
Geistesgeschichte, Hegelian idea, Kantian idea, Platonic form, Platonic idea, action, actions, activity, acts, address, aesthetic form, affectation, air, anatomy, antetype, antitype, archetype, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, art form, automatism, background, background detail, bad habit, barometer, bearing, beau ideal, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, biotype, blueprint, brouillon, build, building, canon, canon form, carriage, cartoon, cast, characteristic, chart, check, classic example, complex idea, comportment, composition, conduct, configuration, conformation, consistency, constellation, constitution, construction, copy, creation, creature of habit, criterion, culture pattern, custom, cut, cycle, decorate, decoration, decorative composition, decorative style, degree, delineation, demeanor, deportment, design, detail, device, diagram, doing, doings, draft, drawing, duplicate, ebauche, elevation, emulate, epitome, esquisse, eternal object, eternal universal, example, exemplar, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figuration, figure, figure-ground, foil, folkway, follow, force of habit, foreground detail, forging, form, formal cause, format, formation, frame, fugleman, fugler, fugue form, gauge, genotype, genre, gestalt, gestures, getup, goings-on, good example, graduated scale, graph, ground plan, guide, guise, habit, habit pattern, habitude, highest category, history of ideas, house plan, ichnography, ideal, idealism, ideate, ideatum, idee-force, imitate, imitatee, impression, innate idea, inner form, innovation, instance, layout, lead, lied form, maintien, make, makeup, making, man of men, manner, manners, manufacture, matrix, measure, method, methodology, methods, mien, mimic, mirror, modality, mode, model, modus vivendi, mold, molding, motif, motions, motive, mould, movements, moves, national style, new departure, nonpareil, noosphere, norm, noumenon, observable behavior, order, orderliness, organic structure, organism, organization, original, ornament, ornamental motif, outline, paradigm, paragon, parameter, patterning, peculiarity, percept, period style, physique, pilot model, plan, plot, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, precedent, presence, primary form, procedure, proceeding, production, profile, projection, prototype, quantity, reading, readout, regularity, regulative first principle, repeated figure, repetition, representation, representative, rondo form, rough, rule, sample, scale, second nature, sequence, set, setting, setup, shape, shaping, shining example, significant form, simple idea, simulate, skeleton, sketch, social science, sonata allegro, sonata form, specimen, stamp, standard, stencil, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, structure, structuring, style, subsistent form, symphonic form, system, table, tactics, tectonics, template, test, texture, the Absolute, the Absolute Idea, the Self-determined, the realized ideal, theme, tissue, toccata form, tone, touch, touchstone, transcendent idea, transcendent nonempirical concept, transcendent universal, trick, turn, type, type species, type specimen, universal, universal concept, universal essence, urtext, usage, use, value, warp and woof, way, way of life, ways, weave, web, wont, working drawing, yardstick

Etymology
patron: < patron: <  patronus: < pater:. For the semantic shift, a patron is to be thought of as a model citizen, i.e., to be imitated.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"p{t@n/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/"p{4@`n/ }}

Noun

 * Arabic: نموذج
 * Basque: eredu, adibide
 * Catalan:, ,  patró
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 模式, 樣式,  样式,  模樣,  模样
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , malli
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, υπόδειγμα


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: modello
 * Japanese:, 様式
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,  ,  ,   ,  лекало
 * Spanish: molde
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: wzór, deseń
 * Portuguese: padrão


 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: pàtran
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: örüntü, patern
 * !Xóõ: bála


 * Finnish: kuvio
 * Russian: закономерность,, ,


 * Scottish Gaelic: pàtran
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: örüntü


 * Finnish: askelkuvio, toimintamalli, kiertokulku, toimintatapa, kuvio
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic: pàtran
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, kuvio