Pattern Changing Life Similar Extra Examples Patron Noun

• changing patterns of urban life
• we have no way of predicting next year's weather patterns.
• behaviour/sleep/growth patterns
• stress/intonation/speech patterns

pattern

1. the regular way in which something happens or is done
• SEE ALSO holding pattern
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/holding-pattern
• changing patterns of urban life
• We have no way of predicting next year's weather patterns.
• behaviour/sleep/growth patterns
• stress/intonation/speech patterns
• Wages in both sectors have followed a similar pattern.
• The studies show different patterns of distribution.
• The music contains repeated rhythmic patterns.

Extra Examples

• Her speech patterns are very distinctive.
• People have changed their spending patterns in response to changing conditions.
• Portuguese colonial rule followed a similar pattern to that of other powers.
• The overall pattern of our life changes little.
• The pattern is clear: obesity is associated with lower incomes.
• Their actions follow a very predictable pattern.
• There is no set pattern for these meetings.
• They analyzed employees' email usage patterns.
• We can trace a familiar pattern to these events.
• ideas that do not fit neatly into his patterns of thought
• The murders all seem to follow a similar pattern.
• an irregular sleeping pattern
2. an excellent example to copy
• This system sets the pattern for others to follow.

Extra Examples

• Italy created the pattern for northern and central European art galleries.
• Providing the most value for the lowest cost is the traditional pattern for corporate success.
3. a regular arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc. for example as a design on material, carpets, etc.
• SEE ALSO willow pattern
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/willow-pattern
• a pattern of diamonds and squares
• a shirt with a floral pattern
• complex geometric patterns

Extra Examples

• He had arranged the glasses in a pattern on the table.
• She drew patterns in the sand.
• The jumper has a geometric pattern on it.
• The roof beams form a star-like pattern.
• The ice formed patterns on the windows.
• the pattern on the carpet
• wallpaper with a repeating pattern of interlocking shapes
4. a design, set of instructions or shape to cut around that you use in order to make something
• a knitting pattern
• She bought a dress pattern and some material.
5. a small piece of material, paper, etc. that helps you choose the design of something
• SYNONYM sample
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sample_2
• wallpaper patterns

Word Origin

• Middle 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.