pattern (Noun) — A perceptual structure. ex. "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
pattern (Noun) — A customary way of operation or behaviour. ex. "they changed their dietary pattern"
pattern (Noun) — A decorative or artistic work. ex. "the coach had a pattern on the doors"
pattern (Noun) — Something regarded as a normative example. ex. "the pattern of not naming the main character"
pattern (Noun) — A model considered worthy of imitation. ex. "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
pattern (Noun) — Something intended as a guide for making something else. ex. "a pattern for a skirt"
pattern (Noun) — The path that is prescribed for an aeroplane that is preparing to land at an airport. ex. "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded" ex. "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
pattern (Noun) — Graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle.
pattern (Verb) — Plan or create according to a model or models.
pattern (Verb) — Form a pattern. ex. "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"