set+a+pattern

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• set a pattern (for something) — phrase to be a good example that people will copy in the future We’re building a transport system that sets a pattern for the future. Thesaurus: to be a feature or example of somethingsynonym Main entry: pattern …   Useful english dictionary

• pattern — 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… …   English dictionary

• pattern — pat|tern1 [ pætərn ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of actions or events that together show how things normally happen or are done: We examined patterns of behavior in young children. follow a pattern (=happen according to a pattern): Training and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pattern — 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… …   Financial and business terms

• pattern — 1 noun (C) 1 OF EVENTS the regular way in which something happens, develops, or is done: Watch for changes in her breathing pattern. | a strange pattern of events | follow a set pattern (=always happen or develop in the same fixed way): Romantic… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pattern — I n. 1) to establish, set a pattern 2) an intricate; overall; underlying pattern 3) a holding; traffic pattern (our plane was in a holding pattern) 4) (ling.) an intonation; speech pattern 5) a behavior; personality pattern II v. (d; tr.) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pattern — 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.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• set — set1 W1S1 [set] v past tense and past participle set present participle setting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put)¦ 2¦(put into surface)¦ 3¦(story)¦ 4¦(consider)¦ 5¦(establish something)¦ 6¦(start something happening)¦ 7¦(decide something)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• set — 1 /set/ verb past tense and past participle set PUT DOWN 1 PUT (transitive always + adv/prep) to carefully put something down somewhere, especially something that is difficult to carry: set sth down/on etc: She set the tray down on a table next… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pattern — 1. noun 1) the pattern on the wallpaper Syn: design, decoration, motif, marking, ornament, ornamentation 2) the patterns of ant behavior Syn: system, order, arrangement, form, method …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pattern — noun 1) the pattern on the wallpaper Syn: design, decoration, motif, device, marking 2) working patterns Syn: system, order, arrangement, form, method, structure …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary