Definitions for patterns

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patterns pat·tern

Spelling: [pat-ern; British pat-n]

IPA: /ˈpæt ərn; British ˈpæt n/

Patterns is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 412 anagrams from letters in patterns (aenprstt).

Definitions for patterns

noun

1. a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
2. decoration or ornament having such a design.
3. a natural or chance marking, configuration, or design:
4. a distinctive style, model, or form:
5. a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement:
6. an original or model considered for or deserving of imitation:
7. anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made:
8. a sufficient quantity of material for making a garment.
9. the path of flight established for an aircraft approaching an airport at which it is to land.
10. a diagram of lines transmitted occasionally by a television station to aid in adjusting receiving sets; test pattern.
11. Metallurgy. a model or form, usually of wood or metal, used for giving the shape of the interior of a mold.
12. Numismatics. a coin, either the redesign of an existing piece or the model for a new one, submitted for authorization as a regular issue.
13. an example, instance, sample, or specimen.
14. 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.

verb (used with object)

1. to make or fashion after or according to a pattern.
2. to cover or mark with a pattern.
3. Chiefly British Dialect. to imitate. to attempt to match or duplicate.

verb (used without object)

1. to make or fall into a pattern.

Origin of patterns

1325-75; Middle English patron Medieval Latin patrōnus model, special use of Latin patrōnus patron

Examples for patterns

The Darwinian thread is worked into a hundred patterns along with other threads.

Over time, the patterns of gunplay and stabbings reminded Slutkin of the diseases crossing rural Africa.

Without direct evidence, we cannot assign a meaning to the patterns.

There is something d——d low in cutting about the country with patterns in a bag.'

By the time the police caught up to Sanders, they knew even more about his patterns and practices.

The Germans use a greater variety of patterns than any other nation.

But he resembled by then an ancient Red Indian chief, and his expressions did not follow the patterns of other mortals.

patterns are created in house, and then the tailors take them home to complete.

A scarf and bag in contrasting shades and patterns enhanced this busy, but feminine, look.

He tells me of the patterns bespoken which my mother mentioned to me.'