pattern
verb/ˈpætn/
/ˈpætərn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pattern | /ˈpætn/ /ˈpætərn/ |
| he / she / it patterns | /ˈpætnz/ /ˈpætərnz/ |
| past simple patterned | /ˈpætnd/ /ˈpætərnd/ |
| past participle patterned | /ˈpætnd/ /ˈpætərnd/ |
| -ing form patterning | /ˈpætnɪŋ/ /ˈpætərnɪŋ/ |
- pattern something to form a regular arrangement of lines or shapes on something
- Frost patterned the window.
- a landscape patterned by vineyards
- pattern something (specialist) to cause a particular type of behaviour to develop
- Adult behaviour is often patterned by childhood experiences.
Word OriginMiddle English patron ‘something serving as a model’, from Old French from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’. The change in sense is from the idea of a patron giving an example to be copied. By 1700 patron ceased to be used of things, and the two forms became differentiated in sense.
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