{
    "term": "pattern",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the regular way in which something happens or is done",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "changing patterns of urban life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have no way of predicting next year's **weather patterns**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "behaviour/sleep/growth patterns"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stress/intonation/speech patterns"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wages in both sectors have **followed** a **similar pattern**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The studies show different patterns of distribution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The music contains repeated rhythmic patterns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her speech patterns are very distinctive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People have changed their spending patterns in response to changing conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Portuguese colonial rule followed a similar pattern to that of other powers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The overall pattern of our life changes little."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pattern is clear: obesity is associated with lower incomes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their actions follow a very predictable pattern."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is no set pattern for these meetings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They analyzed employees' email usage patterns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can trace a familiar pattern to these events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "ideas that do not fit neatly into his patterns of thought"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The murders all seem to follow a similar pattern."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an irregular sleeping pattern"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["basic", "existing", "familiar"],
                "verb + pattern": ["discern", "identify", "notice"],
                "pattern + verb": ["develop", "emerge", "change"],
                "preposition": ["pattern for", "pattern in", "pattern of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an excellent example to copy",
            "sensetop": "pattern for something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This system **sets the pattern** for others to follow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italy created the pattern for northern and central European art galleries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Providing the most value for the lowest cost is the traditional pattern for corporate success."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a regular arrangement of lines, shapes, colours, etc. for example as a design on material, carpets, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pattern of diamonds and squares"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shirt with a floral pattern"
                },
                {
                    "text": "complex geometric patterns"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had arranged the glasses in a pattern on the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She drew patterns in the sand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The jumper has a geometric pattern on it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof beams form a star-like pattern."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ice formed patterns on the windows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the pattern on the carpet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "wallpaper with a repeating pattern of interlocking shapes"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["intricate", "abstract", "geometric"],
                "verb + pattern": ["have", "form", "produce"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the pattern", "pattern on", "pattern in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a design, set of instructions or shape to cut around that you use in order to make something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a knitting pattern"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bought a dress pattern and some material."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a small piece of material, paper, etc. that helps you choose the design of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "wallpaper patterns"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sample"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpætn/",
                "audio": "pa/pattern/pattern__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpætərn/",
                "audio": "pa/pattern/pattern__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English patron ‘something serving as a model’, from Old French from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’. The change in sense is from the idea of a patron giving an example to be copied. By 1700 patron ceased to be used of things, and the two forms became differentiated in sense."
}