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Antonyms for pattern

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pat-ern; British pat-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæt ərn; British ˈpæt n

Definition of pattern

Origin :
  • early 14c., "outline, plan, model, pattern;" early 15c. as "model of behavior, exemplar," from Old French patron and directly from Medieval Latin patronus (see patron).
  • Extended sense of "decorative design" first recorded 1580s, from earlier sense of a "patron" as a model to be imitated. The difference in form and sense between patron and pattern wasn't firm till 1700s. Meaning "model or design in dressmaking" (especially one of paper) is first recorded 1792, in Jane Austen.
  • noun design, motif
  • noun arrangement, order
  • noun model, example
  • verb copy, imitate; decorate
Example sentences :
  • If I had seen it in the pattern I should have said it was impossible for your colouring.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid.
  • Extract from : « The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The construction of the furnaces is of the ordinary French pattern.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • In this she may be exhibited as a pattern for the particular imitation of her own sex.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • You will not tire of it as you will of that which has but a commonplace form or pattern.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • It was the pattern of room always to be found in such a house.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • It was hideous, cabbage-green, with black velvet put on in a Grecian pattern.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It is a pattern, like the egg-and-dart ornament or the Greek key.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • She liked the goods, but not better than a pattern she had seen at Wall's.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • "The only pattern of exactly its sort and color," said the persuasive voice of Pat.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

Synonyms for pattern

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