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How to pronounce pattern
Say it like this: /ˈpætɚn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does pattern mean?
nounModel, example.
Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
1923 June 18, ‘President Wilson’, Time
verbTo apply a pattern.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
To follow an example.
“Under his system, patterned after the French, the army corps became a more mobile, flexible command.”
adjOf or in accordance with a usual pattern, or type; model; ideal.
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