pattern in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   traffic pattern  approach pattern  pattern 
   
2. something intended as a guide for making something else
   "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
   blueprint  design  pattern 
   
3. 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"
   convention  normal  pattern  rule  formula 
   
4. a decorative or artistic work
   "the coach had a design on the doors"
   design  pattern  figure 
   
5. 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"
   form  shape  pattern 
   
6. a customary way of operation or behavior
   "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
   practice  pattern 
   
7. a model considered worthy of imitation
   "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
   pattern 
   
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  pattern 
   

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