Meaning : A perceptual structure.

Example : The composition presents problems for students of musical form.
A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them.

Synonyms : form, shape

Meaning : A customary way of operation or behavior.

Example : It is their practice to give annual raises.
They changed their dietary pattern.

Synonyms : practice

Meaning : A decorative or artistic work.

Example : The coach had a design on the doors.

Synonyms : design, figure

Meaning : Something regarded as a normative example.

Example : The convention of not naming the main character.
Violence is the rule not the exception.
His formula for impressing visitors.

Synonyms : convention, formula, normal, rule

Meaning : A model considered worthy of imitation.

Example : The American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics.

Meaning : Something intended as a guide for making something else.

Example : A blueprint for a house.
A pattern for a skirt.

Synonyms : blueprint, design

Meaning : The path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport.

Example : The traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded.
They stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted.

Synonyms : approach pattern, traffic pattern

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

Synonyms : radiation diagram, radiation pattern

Meaning : Plan or create according to a model or models.

Synonyms : model

Meaning : Form a pattern.

Example : These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before.