pattern

nouns

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, pattern, shape
a customary way of operation or behavior
"it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
pattern, practice
a decorative or artistic work
"the coach had a design on the doors"
design, figure, pattern
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, formula, normal, pattern, rule
a model considered worthy of imitation
"the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
pattern
is a type of (narrower)
something to be imitated
"an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
example, exemplar, good example, model
something intended as a guide for making something else
"a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
blueprint, design, pattern
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"
approach pattern, pattern, traffic pattern
graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
pattern, radiation diagram, radiation pattern

verbs

plan or create according to a model or models
model, pattern
form a pattern
"These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"
pattern
is a type of (narrower)
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
"The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally