pattern Значение & определение

Значение на pattern на български

• 0 a particular way in which something is done, is organized, or happens:

  • The pattern of family life has been changing over recent years.

  • A pattern is beginning to emerge from our analysis of the accident data.

  • In this type of mental illness, the usual pattern is bouts of depression alternating with elation.

  • Many behaviour(al) patterns have been identified in the chimp colony.

• 1 any regularly repeated arrangement, especially a design made from repeated lines, shapes, or colours on a surface:

  • Look, the frost has made a beautiful pattern on the window.

  • The curtains had a floral pattern.

• 2 something that is used as an example, especially to copy:

  • The design is so good it's sure to set the pattern for many others.

• 3 a drawing or shape used to show how to make something:

  • a knitting pattern

  • a dress pattern

  • Cut out all of the pieces from the paper pattern and pin them on the cloth.

• 4 a small piece of cloth or paper taken from a usual-sized piece and used to show what it looks like:

  • a pattern book

• 5 used in compounds to refer to the way in which a particular type of hair loss occurs, affecting mainly the top and front of the head:

  • 50% of men over age 50 experience some kind of male pattern baldness.

  • Female-pattern hair loss, which is caused by genetic and hormonal factors, is the most common type of hair loss in women.

• 6 a particular way in which something is done or organized, or in which something happens:

  • Our weather pattern comes from the northwest.

  • A whole variety of behavior patterns affect infants.

• 7 a regular arrangement of lines, shapes, or colors:

  • A human fingerprint can be viewed as a geometric pattern.

  • a dress pattern

• 8 a particular way in which something usually happens or is done:

  • a pattern of sth A pattern of sluggish consumer demand made growth targets impossibly high.

  • a pattern emerges A pattern is emerging of a steady reduction in costs and increased sales.

  • establish/fall into/follow a pattern The decision follows a pattern that has become increasingly common in the food industry.

  • identify/reveal/show a pattern An examination of official documents shows a pattern of construction cost overruns.

  • a changing/different/similar pattern changing patterns of employment

  • a consumption/growth/spending pattern High joblessness and changing consumption patterns will result in moderate sales.

  • Organizations must address the needs of workers with diverse career patterns and goals.

• 9 a way of doing something that other people, organizations, etc. can copy:

  • set the pattern for sth The talks have set the pattern for trying to solve problems within the industry.

• 10 a situation where there is little activity or change, and people are not doing business, spending money, etc. because they cannot decide what to do next:

  • be in/go into a holding pattern Several deals went into an immediate holding pattern after the crisis.

• 11 used to describe an agreement based on similar agreements with other companies:

  • a pattern agreement/contract The contract was viewed by bargainers as a pattern agreement to be used in negotiations with the car company.

  • The traditional pattern bargaining that went on in the auto industry has gone.

• 12 to be copied from something or to be very similar to something:

  • The facility will employ 150 people and be patterned after the steel fastener facility in Saint Joe, Indiana.