A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things: a dress pattern. See Synonyms at ideal.
A representative sample; a specimen.
An artistic or decorative design: a paisley pattern. See Synonyms at figure.
A design of natural or accidental origin: patterns of bird formations.
A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as:
A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group: one's pattern of behavior.
Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
Enough material to make a complete garment.
A test pattern.
The flight path of an aircraft about to land: a flight pattern.
Football A pass pattern.
To make, mold, or design by following a pattern: We patterned this plan on the previous one. My daughter patterned her military career after her father's.