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/ˈpætə(r)n/ 
| singular | pattern |
| plural | patterns |
- 1a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are donepattern of:
Patterns of employment in urban areas are different from those in the countryside.
pattern of:We examined patterns of behaviour in young children.
follow a pattern (=happen according to a pattern):Training and education follow different patterns in different regions.
a pattern emerges/occurs:With such limited data no clear pattern emerges.
a set/fixed pattern:There is no set pattern for grieving when a loved one dies.
behaviour/sleep patterns:survival-oriented behaviour patterns
Collocations: pattern
▪ conform to, create, establish, exhibit, follow, form, produce, reveal, show
phrase
set a pattern (for something)
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