pattern

n. sample; model, ideal; form, mold; shape, configuration; decorative design

v. decorate with a pattern; imitate, mimic; copy an example

The pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of ) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are created have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred, in which case the things are said to exhibit the pattern. Pattern matching is the act of checking for the presence of the constituents of a pattern. The detection of underlying patterns is called pattern recognition. The question of how different patterns emerge is accomplished through the work of the scientific field of pattern formation. Patterns are also related to repeated shapes or objects, sometimes referred to as elements of the series. Some patterns (for example, many visual patterns) may be directly observable through the senses.
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) form, shape
(hypernym) structure
(hyponym) fractal
(part-holonym) percept, perception, perceptual experience
2. a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
(synonym) practice
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) biologism
3. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
(synonym) design, figure
(hypernym) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
(hyponym) argyle, argyll
4. 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"
(synonym) convention, normal, rule, formula
(hypernym) practice
(hyponym) mores
5. a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
(hypernym) exemplar, example, model, good example
(derivation) model
6. something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
(synonym) blueprint, design
(hypernym) plan, program, programme
(derivation) model
7. 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"
(synonym) traffic pattern, approach pattern
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(part-meronym) approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope
8. graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
(synonym) radiation pattern, radiation diagram
(hypernym) graph, graphical record
(part-meronym) lobe
Verb
1. plan or create according to a model or models
(synonym) model
(hypernym) imitate, copy, simulate
(hyponym) scale
2. form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
(hypernym) match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
(derivation) traffic pattern, approach pattern

n. pattern, sample; model, ideal; form, mold; shape

(v. t.)
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
  

(v. t.)
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
  

(n.)
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
  

(n.)
Something made after a model; a copy.
  

(n.)
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
  

(n.)
Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
  

(n.)
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
  

(n.)
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
  

(n.)
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.