pattern+after

  • 21pattern something on something — ˈpattern sth on sth derived (BrE) (NAmE ˈpattern sth after sth) usually passive to use sth as a model for sth; to copy sth • a new approach patterned on Japanese ideas …

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  • 22Pattern Recognition (novel) — infobox Book | name = Pattern Recognition image caption = Original 1st edition cover author = William Gibson cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = G. P. Putnam s Sons release… …

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  • 23pattern — A technical chart formation used to make market predictions by following the price movements of securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. pattern pat‧tern 1 [ˈpætn ǁ ˈpætərn] noun [countable] 1. the regular way in which something… …

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  • 24pattern — pat|tern1 W1S3 [ˈpætən US ˈpætərn] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: patron, from Medieval Latin patronus; PATRON] 1.) the regular way in which something happens, develops, or is done ▪ Weather patterns have changed in recent years.… …

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  • 25Pattern 1914 Enfield — Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 Pattern 1914 Enfield Type Service rifle Place of origin …

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  • 26Pattern coin — A pattern coin is a coin produced for the purpose of evaluating a proposed coin design, but which was not approved for general circulation. They are often off metal strikes, to proof standard or piedforts. Patterns are collected by many coin… …

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  • 27Pattern —    A pattern is a two dimensional diagram of a garment drafted by a patternmaker that is subsequently cut and sewn in fabric. The history of patternmaking can be traced as far back as the thirteenth century with the introduction of form fitting… …

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  • 28pattern — /ˈpætn / (say patn) noun 1. a decorative design, as for china, wallpaper, textile fabrics, etc. 2. such a design carried out on something. 3. a style of marking of natural or chance origin: patterns of frost on the window. 4. style or type in… …

  • 29pattern — I UK [ˈpætə(r)n] / US [ˈpætərn] noun [countable] Word forms pattern : singular pattern plural patterns *** 1) a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are done pattern of: Patterns of employment in urban… …

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  • 30pattern — 01. She was wearing a beautiful white dress with a lovely [pattern] of red roses on it. 02. Police are studying the five murders to see if there is a [pattern] which would suggest they were all committed by the same person. 03. The [pattern] on… …

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