what does pattern mean?
PATTERN as NOUN
- Meaning
- a customary way of operation or behavior
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- it is their practice to give annual raises
- they changed their dietary pattern
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a decorative or artistic work
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- the coach had a design on the doors
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- something regarded as a normative example
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- the convention of not naming the main character
- violence is the rule not the exception
- his formula for impressing visitors
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- something intended as a guide for making something else
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- a blueprint for a house
- a pattern for a skirt
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the composition presents problems for students of musical form
- a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a model considered worthy of imitation
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- the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
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Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
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- the traffic patterns around O”Hare are very crowded
- they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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PATTERN as VERB
- Meaning
- plan or create according to a model or models
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Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
Hypernyms(s) pattern is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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