· 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"

Synonym(s): form, shape

Hypernym(s): structure

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

Synonym(s): practice

Hypernym(s): activity

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

Synonym(s): design, figure

Hypernym(s): decoration, ornament, ornamentation

· 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"

Synonym(s): convention, normal, rule, formula

Hypernym(s): practice

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

Hypernym(s): exemplar, example, model, good_example

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

Synonym(s): blueprint, design

Hypernym(s): plan, program, programme

· 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"

Synonym(s): traffic_pattern, approach_pattern

Hypernym(s): path, route, itinerary

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

Synonym(s): radiation_pattern, radiation_diagram

Hypernym(s): graph, graphical_record, graphical_recording

· plan or create according to a model or models

Synonym(s): model

Hypernym(s): imitate, copy, simulate

· form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

Hypernym(s): match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree