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pattern

noun
/ˈpæ̞t(ə)n/UK/ˈpætɚn/US

Etymology

From earlier patten, paterne, from Middle English patron (“patron; example”), from Old French patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus (“patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and patroon.

  1. derived from patrōnus
  2. derived from patron
  3. inherited from patron

Definitions

  1. Model, example.

    • The wallpaper had a floral pattern.
    • There is no reason why all colleges and universities should be cut to the same pattern.

  2. Coherent or decorative arrangement.

  3. A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother

    A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble

    • This guy always chut pattern like badminton.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of…

      The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.

    2. To apply a pattern.

    3. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern

      To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

      • [A temple] patterned […] from that which Adam reared in Paradise.

    4. To follow an example.

      • Under his system, patterned after the French, the army corps became a more mobile, flexible command.

    5. To fit into a pattern.

      • Although there is no direct evidence for the identification of *θi as a genuine prefix in this word, it patterns well with the other discussed instances of *θi- both morphologically and semantically.

    6. To serve as an example for.

    7. To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and…

      To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.

    8. To arrange, to organise, to fix.

      • MALACHI: Are you two fucking mad? Listen, you need to pattern up, you know?

    9. Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type

      Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.

      • "Not to me," interrupted his sister. "I will have no straw-bonneted, gingham-gowned pattern wives in my acquaintance. I shall make a point of cutting you."
      • The parish duty was better attended to, and perhaps domestic duties also. At such period he was a pattern parson and a pattern husband, atoning to his own conscience for past shortcomings by present zeal.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pattern. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01pattern02annoyance03annoyed04unwanted05wanted06enforcement07compulsion08perform

A definitional loop anchored at pattern. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at pattern

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA