Pattern

  • 41pattern — noun 1》 a repeated decorative design.     ↘an arrangement or sequence regularly found in comparable objects or events. 2》 a regular form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done: a change in working patterns. 3》 a… …

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  • 42pattern — 1. noun 1) the pattern on the wallpaper Syn: design, decoration, motif, marking, ornament, ornamentation 2) the patterns of ant behavior Syn: system, order, arrangement, form, method …

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  • 43pattern — noun 1) the pattern on the wallpaper Syn: design, decoration, motif, device, marking 2) working patterns Syn: system, order, arrangement, form, method, structure …

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  • 44pattern*/*/*/ — [ˈpæt(ə)n] noun [C] 1) a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are done The study examined patterns of behaviour in young children.[/ex] The four murders all seemed to follow the same pattern.[/ex] 2) a set… …

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  • 45pattern — / pæt(ə)n/ noun the general way in which something usually happens ● the pattern of sales or The sales pattern is quite different this year …

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  • 46pattern — / pæt(ə)n/ noun the general way in which something usually happens ● The pattern of sales or The sales pattern is quite different this year …

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  • 47pattern — A reliable sample of traits, acts or other observable features characterizing an individual. Richerson v. Superior Court In and For Sacramento County, App., 70 Cal.Rptr. 350, 352. The words pattern or practice within the Civil Rights Act… …

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  • 48pattern — [14] Etymologically, pattern and patron are the same word. When it arrived in Old French as patron (from Latin patrōnus), it had roughly the range of senses of modern English patron, including that of ‘one who commissions work’. But it had also… …

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  • 49pattern — 1. noun /ˈˈpætən,ˈpæɾɚn/ a) That from which a copy is made b) A design, motif or decoration formed from multiple copies of an original fitted together. Syn …

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  • 50Pattern — Pat|tern [ pɛtɐn] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. pattern, dies über mittelengl. patron aus (alt)fr. patron, vgl. ↑Patrone>: 1. [Verhaltens]muster, [Denk]schema, Modell (bes. Psychol.; Soziol.). 2. charakteristisches Sprachmuster, nach dem… …

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