a design in which lines, shapes, colours, or other elements are repeated in a regular way on a surface
The carpet has a beautiful floral pattern in red and gold.
She chose a striped pattern for the new kitchen curtains.
✦ From Middle English patrun, later altered to pattern under influence of French patron, originally meaning ‘model’ or ‘example’.
a regular and repeated way in which something happens, develops, or is arranged
Meteorologists detected a warming pattern over the last decade.
Children often follow a sleep pattern that changes as they grow.
a paper or digital template that shows the shapes and sizes needed to cut material in order to make something like clothing or a craft item
Grandma used a vintage dress pattern to sew my costume.
The kit includes a printed pattern for making the toy rabbit.
to decorate or arrange something with a repeated design, or to model one thing on another
The ceiling was patterned with tiny gold stars.
They plan to pattern the new garden paths after traditional Japanese designs.
a film, book, or story set in the American Wild West, often featuring cowboys, outlaws, and frontier life
My dad loves watching a good western on Sunday afternoons.
The director's latest film is a spaghetti western set in dusty Mexico.
✦ First applied to films about the American frontier in the early 20th century, deriving from “the Western states.”
