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According to WordNet, the noun "pattern" has 8 sense(s).

105902327 something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt".

105930736 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".

105938795 a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics".

103178782 a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors".

107005270 graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle.

108492747 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".

100410247 a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern".

105667613 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".


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