Word: pattern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and patroon. Pronunciation: /ˈpæ̞t(ə)n/, /ˈpætɚn/, [ˈpæɾɚn] 1. Model, example. Example: The wallpaper had a floral pattern. Example: There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern. 2. Model, example. Example: Well! the King of France died pardoning & pitying all those who had tortured his Soul & Body, a great Pattern for us all. Example: I write this to repeat most earnestly for myself all that she said to you and to let you know how sure I am that you will sooner or later find our cousin John a pattern of truth, sincerity, and goodness, when you will deeply, deeply grieve to have done him (without intending it) so much wrong. 3. Model, example. Labels: archaic 4. Model, example. 5. Model, example. 6. Model, example. Labels: US 7. Model, example. 8. Model, example. Labels: dated Example: From this point those who became pupils went on to a further series of shops, usually commencing with the pattern shop. […] However, some of us did make quite reasonable patterns and had the satisfaction of seeing castings produced from them but, sad to say, many of these efforts were used as firewood after they had left the shop. Example: But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […]. 9. Model, example. Example: There were no files matching the pattern *.txt. 10. Model, example. Labels: in-compounds 11. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Example: On my way to work the other day, I stopped at a church in Rome and saw a painting of the Madonna. The subtle pattern of blues and golds in the embroidery of her dress was so amazing that I used it to design a new evening dress for my haute couture. 12. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Example: He lifted the entire joint or fowl up into the air, speared on a carving fork, and sliced pieces off it so that they fell on the plate below in perfectly organised patterns. 13. Coherent or decorative arrangement. 14. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Example: follow a pattern Example: There’s a clear pattern of behavior emerging. 15. Coherent or decorative arrangement. 16. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Example: Pattern 10 is open in figure 3.9, showing the 64 notes in the pattern (each pattern in this song has 64 beats). Example: A MOD file contains a number of short audio samples, and instructions or a “pattern” for how and when those samples are to be played. 17. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Example: For example, at one point it claims that in order to view a pattern capable of reproduction and evolution, one would need a computer with a screen the size of the solar system, and the pattern would be so sparse anyway as to be almost unobservable. Example: The state of the pattern after 1.25 * 10^12 generations is here: 18. Coherent or decorative arrangement. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: I got so much of it, my cousins think I've got a pattern with Celine And that I'm lyin', when I say that I do no get it for free 19. A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble Labels: Singapore, informal Example: This guy always chut pattern like badminton. 20. The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish. Labels: Ireland