Definition of "Pattern" :

noun: a customary way of operation or behavior

"They changed their dietary pattern."

noun: a decorative or artistic work

noun: something regarded as a normative example

noun: something intended as a guide for making something else

"A pattern for a skirt."

noun: a perceptual structure

"A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them."

noun: a model considered worthy of imitation

"The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics."

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

noun: 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."

verb: plan or create according to a model or models

verb: form a pattern

"These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before."