Dictionary entry details
• PATTERN (noun)
Meaning:
A perceptual structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
pattern; form; shape
Context examples:
the composition presents problems for students of musical form / a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pattern"):
fractal ((mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry)
gestalt (a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts)
kaleidoscope (a complex pattern of constantly changing colors and shapes)
mosaic (a pattern resembling a mosaic)
strand (a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole)
Holonyms ("pattern" is a part of...):
percept; perception; perceptual experience (the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept)
Meaning:
A customary way of operation or behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
practice; pattern
Context examples:
it is their practice to give annual raises / they changed their dietary pattern
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pattern"):
biologism (use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior)
peonage (the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged)
unwritten law (law based on customary behavior)
lynch law (the practice of punishing people by hanging without due process of law)
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
nonconformism (the practice of nonconformity)
calisthenics; callisthenics (the practice of calisthenic exercises)
papism; popery (offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church)
quotation (the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.)
ritual (the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies)
ritualism (exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship)
naturism; nudism (going without clothes as a social practice)
systematism (the habitual practice of systematization and classification)
cross dressing; transvestism; transvestitism (the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex)
slaveholding; slavery (the practice of owning slaves)
lobbyism (the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist)
fashion (characteristic or habitual practice)
cooperation (the practice of cooperating)
featherbedding (the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required)
formalism (the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms)
one-upmanship (the practice of keeping one jump ahead of a friend or competitor)
pluralism (the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time)
symbolisation; symbolism; symbolization (the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning)
modernism (practices typical of contemporary life or thought)
occult; occult arts (supernatural practices and techniques)
habitude (habitual mode of behavior)
custom; usage; usance (accepted or habitual practice)
careerism (the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity)
cannibalism (the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind)
ornamentalism (the practice of ornamental display)
Meaning:
A decorative or artistic work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pattern; design; figure
Context example:
the coach had a design on the doors
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pattern"):
polka dot (design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots)
pyrograph (a design produced by pyrography)
screen saver ((computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time)
sunburst (a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it)
tattoo (a design on the skin made by tattooing)
tetraskele; tetraskelion (a figure consisting of four stylized human arms or legs (or bent lines) radiating from a center)
triskele; triskelion (a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center)
weave (pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric)
marking (a pattern of marks)
motif (a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors)
mihrab ((Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca)
argyle; argyll (a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland)
bear claw (an incised design resembling the claw of a bear; used in Native American pottery)
damascene (a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel)
decal; decalcomania (a design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface)
device (any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery))
emblem (special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.)
herringbone; herringbone pattern (a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery)
linocut (a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum)
mandala (any of various geometric designs (usually circular) symbolizing the universe; used chiefly in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation)
Meaning:
Something regarded as a normative example
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
normal; convention; rule; pattern; formula
Context examples:
the convention of not naming the main character / violence is the rule not the exception / his formula for impressing visitors
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
practice (knowledge of how something is usually done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pattern"):
universal (a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings)
code of behavior; code of conduct (a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group)
mores ((sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group)
Meaning:
A model considered worthy of imitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
example; exemplar; good example; model (something to be imitated)
Meaning:
Something intended as a guide for making something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
blueprint; design; pattern
Context examples:
a blueprint for a house / a pattern for a skirt
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
plan; program; programme (a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished)
Meaning:
The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
traffic pattern; approach pattern; pattern
Context examples:
the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded / they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)
Meronyms (parts of "pattern"):
approach; approach path; glide path; glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)
Meaning:
Graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
radiation diagram; radiation pattern; pattern
Hypernyms ("pattern" is a kind of...):
graph; graphical record (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes)
Meronyms (parts of "pattern"):
lobe (the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern)
• PATTERN (verb)
Meaning:
Plan or create according to a model or models
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
model; pattern
Hypernyms (to "pattern" is one way to...):
copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pattern"):
scale (pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard)
sovietise; sovietize (model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Form a pattern
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before
Hypernyms (to "pattern" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
