Definition of "pattern" in English

noun

1. Model, example.

2. Coherent or decorative arrangement.

3. (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble

   • This guy always chut pattern like badminton.

4. (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.

verb

1. To apply a pattern.

2. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.

3. To follow an example.

4. To fit into a pattern.

5. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

6. (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.

7. (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.

adjective

1. Of or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.