a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.

decoration or ornament having such a design.

a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design

patterns of frost on the window.

a distinctive style, model, or form

a new pattern of army helmet.

a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement

the behavior patterns of teenagers.

an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation

Our constitution has been a pattern for those of many new republics.

anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made

a paper pattern for a dress.

a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.

the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.

a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.

Metallurgy . a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.

Numismatics . a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.

an example, instance, sample, or specimen.

Gunnery, Aerial Bombing .

the distribution of strikes around a target at which artillery rounds have been fired or on which bombs have been dropped.

a diagram showing such distribution.

to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.

to cover or mark with a pattern.

Chiefly British Dialect .

to imitate.

to attempt to match or duplicate.

to make or fall into a pattern.

noun

plainness , disorder , disorganization

verb

be original

noun

arrangement , decoration , device , diagram , figure , guide , impression , instruction , markings , mold , motive , original , ornament , patterning , plan , stencil , template , trim , constellation , kind , method , orderliness , sequence , shape , sort , style , system , type , variety , archetype , beau ideal * , copy , criterion , cynosure , ensample , exemplar , mirror , norm , paradigm , paragon , prototype , sample , specimen , standard , beau ideal , example , ideal , cast , configuration , design , motif , order , organization , systematization , systemization , blueprint , characteristic , conformation , delineator , exemplum , modality , model , modus operandi , orthodoxy , precedent , protractor. associatedword: exemplary , regimen , reproduction , schema , stereotype , syndrome , texture , touchstone , yardstick

verb

design , emulate , follow , form , model , mold , order , shape , style , trim , copy , imitate , build , compose , configure , structure , archetype , arrangement , configuration , conformation , diagram , example , exemplar , figure , format , guide , ideal , method , motif , paradigm , plaid , plan , prototype , sample , sequence , specimen , stencil , system , template , trend