n.

1. a perceptual structure;
   form, shape
   
   • the composition presents problems for students of musical form
   • a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them
2. a customary way of operation or behavior;
   practice
   
   • it is their practice to give annual raises
   • they changed their dietary pattern
3. a decorative or artistic work;
   design, figure
   
   • the coach had a design on the doors
4. something regarded as a normative example;
   convention, normal, rule, formula
   
   • the convention of not naming the main character
   • violence is the rule not the exception
   • his formula for impressing visitors
5. a model considered worthy of imitation
   
   • the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics
6. something intended as a guide for making something else;
   blueprint, design
   
   • a blueprint for a house
   • a pattern for a skirt
7. the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport;
   traffic pattern, approach pattern
   
   • the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded
   • they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted
8. graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle;
   radiation pattern, radiation diagram

v.

1. plan or create according to a model or models;
   model
2. form a pattern
   
   • These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before