to pattern

Examples

• All

• MinAqua's compost facility, which cost about $6,000, is patterned on a plan AURI helped develop several years ago.

  Academic text (1999)

• So that's what I've decided I would try and pattern my book after.

  Dr. Mayim Bialik

• And both of these methods are used to pattern flowers, actually pattern jeans in general.

• I wanted a school that really teaches you to construct, to pattern, to saw in practice.

  Justine Leconte officiel

• The health section of the 1985 interview was patterned after the annual National Health Interview Survey.

  Academic text (1993)

• The CSCC Review Series is patterned after the ERIC Review Essays previously published by CCR.

  Academic text (2011)

• For example, students honed their writing skills by preparing lab reports patterned after those published by professional herpetologists.

  Academic text (1992)

• The architect decided to pattern the new building after traditional styles seen in historic neighborhoods.

• He plans to pattern his next project to reflect the artistic influences from his travels.

Synonyms

S

to structure

vsto pattern

105 4.4

To arrange parts or ideas in a clear order

arranges things by copying an existing example

M

to model

vsto pattern

102 4.1

To make a small copy of something to show or study it

uses that replica as the basis for arranging or designing things

Antonyms

S

to scatter

187 2.8

To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order

D

to disarrange

1 6.4

To make something messy or not in the right order

Phrasal Verbs

D

to disrupt sleep pattern

5.4

To change someone's usual sleep times so they cannot sleep well

P

to pattern-bomb

• NSFW

9.9

To drop many bombs over an area in a set pattern

Compounds

S

speech pattern

7 3.8

A way of speaking that a person often uses, shown by accent or rhythm

I

intricate pattern

2 5.1

A detailed, complex design that has many connected parts like leaves or flowers

M

male pattern baldness

1 3.0

Common hair loss in men that makes hair thin on the top and the hairline go back

H

holding pattern

1 5.1

A situation with no progress or decisions while people wait

H

holding pattern

• Specialized

1 6.2

A route an airplane follows while it circles waiting to land

F

fractal pattern

• Specialized

1 7.5

A repeating shape that looks the same at different sizes, like fern leaves or coastlines

R

rhythmic pattern

• Literature

1 5.6

A regular pattern of strong and weak syllables in a poem

A

approach pattern

• Specialized

1 6.5

A path a plane follows while preparing to land at an airport

H

herringbone pattern

1 5.6

A repeated V-shaped arrangement of short lines or blocks on a surface

I

intonation pattern

• Specialized

1 5.6

The rise and fall of the voice when speaking that shows if a sentence is a question or statement

R

radiation pattern

• Specialized

1 6.1

The way an antenna sends out signal strength in different directions

T

traffic pattern

• Specialized

1 4.6

A path planes follow around an airport before landing

B

bovine pattern

6.7

A design that looks like the spots or markings on a cow's fur

K

key pattern

6.7

A repeated decorative border of straight lines that turn in square corners, often on vases and buildings

H

hereditary pattern

• Specialized

5.3

The way traits pass from parents to children through genes

S

seasonal migration pattern

4.1

Regular movement of animals or people to different places when seasons change

T

tonal pattern

6.2

A repeating group of musical notes that sounds pleasant

T

traffic pattern

• Specialized

3.9

The usual way data moves through a computer network

S

squig pattern

6.6

A design of wavy lines often on clothes or paper

W

willow-pattern

9.9

A blue and white china pattern showing a willow tree, river, and small houses

How Similar

to replicate

• Specialized

66 4.9

to pattern

28 3.6

to copy

177 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology