pattern
 pat·tern (pătʹərn)n.
1.
a. A model or original used as an archetype.
b. A person or thing considered worthy of imitation.
2. A plan, diagram, or model to be followed in making things:
a dress pattern.
See Synonyms at ideal.
3. A representative sample; a specimen.
4.
a. An artistic or decorative design:
a paisley pattern.
See Synonyms at figure.
b. A design of natural or accidental origin:
patterns of bird formations.
5. A consistent, characteristic form, style, or method, as:
a. A composite of traits or features characteristic of an individual or a group:
one's pattern of behavior.
b. Form and style in an artistic work or body of artistic works.
6.
a. The configuration of gunshots upon a target that is used as an indication of skill in shooting.
b. The distribution and spread, around a targeted region, of spent shrapnel, bomb fragments, or shot from a shotgun.
7. Enough material to make a complete garment.
8. A test pattern.
9. The flight path of an aircraft about to land:
a flight pattern.
10. Football. A pass pattern.v. pat·terned, pat·tern·ing, pat·ternsv. tr.
1. 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.
2. To cover or ornament with a design or pattern.v. intr.
To make a pattern. [Middle English patron, from Old French. See patron.]
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