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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions pattern noun  that from which a copy is made design, motif or decoration formed from multiple copies of an original fitted together arrangement of objects, facts etc. which has a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship a series of steps, repeated the quality held in common by a pattern (context, linguistics) in Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic languages, the arrangement of prefixes, suffixes, consonant-doubling, vowels, and stress in a word formed around a consonantal root verb  to apply a pattern to fit into a pattern Etymology: Middle English patron, from Old French patron, from Latin patronus "patron", derived from pater "father". For the semantic shift, a patron is to be thought of as a model citizen, model citizen, i.e., to be imitated.      Full Definition of pattern  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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