pattern

Sense 1 noun

a perceptual structure

the composition presents problems for students of musical form

Sense 2 verb

plan or create according to a model or models

Sense 3 noun

a customary way of operation or behavior

it is their practice to give annual raises

Sense 4 verb

form a pattern

These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before

Sense 5 noun

a decorative or artistic work

the coach had a design on the doors

Sense 6 noun

something regarded as a normative example

the convention of not naming the main character

Sense 7 noun

a model considered worthy of imitation

the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics

Sense 8 noun

something intended as a guide for making something else

a blueprint for a house

Sense 9 noun

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded

Sense 10 noun

graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle