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  • Definition
    • pattern :a perceptual structure
      • the composition presents problems for students of musical form|a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them

    • pattern :a customary way of operation or behavior
      • it is their practice to give annual raises|they changed their dietary pattern

    • pattern :form a pattern
      • These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before

    • pattern :a decorative or artistic work
      • the coach had a design on the doors

    • pattern :something regarded as a normative example
      • the convention of not naming the main character|violence is the rule not the exception|his formula for impressing visitors

    • pattern :a model considered worthy of imitation
      • the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics

    • pattern :something intended as a guide for making something else
      • a blueprint for a house|a pattern for a skirt

    • pattern :the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
      • the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded|they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted

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