pattern

a perceptual structure

“the composition presents problems for students of musical form”

“a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them”

a customary way of operation or behavior

“it is their practice to give annual raises”

“they changed their dietary pattern”

a decorative or artistic work

“the coach had a design on the doors”

something regarded as a normative example

“the convention of not naming the main character”

“violence is the rule not the exception”

“his formula for impressing visitors”

a model considered worthy of imitation

“the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics”

something intended as a guide for making something else

“a blueprint for a house”

“a pattern for a skirt”

plan or create according to a model or models

form a pattern

“These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before”