# patterned

Pronunciation: US say "PAT-urnd" /ˈpætɚnd/; UK say "PAT-uhnd" /ˈpatənd/

## Adjective

1. Having a decorative design of repeated shapes, lines, or colors across its surface.
   - Simple: Having a design of shapes, lines, or colors on the surface.
   - _The designer chose a boldly patterned wallpaper for the entryway._
   - _Her scarf was finely patterned with interlocking geometric figures._
2. Shaped or arranged so as to conform to a particular model or example.
   - Simple: Made or shaped to follow an example or model.
   - _The company's leadership structure is patterned on the military._
   - _His prose, deliberately patterned after Hemingway, favors short declarative sentences._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of pattern. — simple past and past participle of pattern
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of pattern. Use this form when the shaping or designing already happened.
   - _The weaver patterned the cloth with interlocking diamonds._
   - _The committee patterned the new rules on an older system._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/patterned (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).