Words / B1

PATN/ˈpætn/

A pattern is a repeated design on cloth, or a usual way things happen: a pattern of delays; sleep patterns; a weather pattern. Design is often the artistic plan; habit is personal and repeated by one person. Pattern can also be a sewing template. Patterned is the adjective for fabric. A recurring pattern is a useful exam phrase.

Meaning

A repeated design, or a usual way things happen.

Examples

• “I noticed a pattern in the errors.”
• “There is a clear pattern in the test mistakes.”
• “The curtains have a simple floral pattern.”

Good to know

a pattern of + noun. sleep / weather patterns. Personal repetition: habit. Fabric adjective: patterned.

Near in meaning

design

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