PATTERN

PAT ·TERN 2 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 9 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a perceptual structure
  2. a customary way of operation or behavior
  3. a decorative or artistic work
  4. something regarded as a normative example

💬 Examples

  • "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"
  • "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
  • "it is their practice to give annual raises"
  • "they changed their dietary pattern"
verb
  1. plan or create according to a model or models
  2. form a pattern

💬 Examples

  • "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

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