Pronunciation change

  • (UK) IPA (key): /ˈpat(ə)n/ or [ˈpaʔ(ə)n]
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  • (US) IPA (key): /ˈpætərn/ or [ˈpæɾɚn]

Noun change

Singular
pattern

Plural
patterns

Pattern is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
 
A blue and white pattern
  1. (countable) A pattern is a design that uses the same set of elements many times in the same order.
    The table cloth had a simple pattern of red and white squares.
  2. (countable) The combined qualities and activities for an individual or a group of people describes a pattern.
    The people of Spain have a pattern of resting in the afternoon and eating dinner late at night.

Verb change

Plain form
pattern

Third-person singular
patterns

Past tense
patterned

Past participle
patterned

Present participle
patterning

  1. (transitive) When you pattern something, you make it using a pattern.
    Much of crime fiction is patterned from true police stories.