| pattern | |
| 1. n. Model, example. | |
| 2. n. Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. | |
| 3. n. Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar. | |
| 4. n. (now rare) A copy. | |
| 5. n. (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted. | |
| 6. n. A representative example. | |
| 7. n. (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing. | |
| 8. n. (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling. | |
| 9. n. (metalworking, dated) A full-sized model around which a mould of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several p | |
| 10. n. (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching. | |
| There were no files matching the pattern*.txt. | |
| 11. n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements. | |
| 12. n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect. | |
| 13. n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun. | |
| 14. n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. | |
| 15. n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language. | |
| 16. v. To apply a pattern. | |
| 17. v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. | |
| 18. v. To follow an example. | |
| 19. v. To fit into a pattern. | |
| 20. v. To serve as an example for. | |
