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Definition of pattern verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pattern

verb
 
/ˈpætn/
 
/ˈpætərn/
Verb Forms
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. pattern something to form a regular arrangement of lines or shapes on something
    • Frost patterned the window.
    • a landscape patterned by vineyards
  2. pattern something (specialist) to cause a particular type of behaviour to develop
    • Adult behaviour is often patterned by childhood experiences.
  3. 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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