# patterning

Pronunciation: US say "PAT-urn-ing" /ˈpætɚnɪŋ/; UK say "PAT-uhn-ing" /ˈpatənɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The forming of an ordered, repeated arrangement of shapes, marks, or colors, or the arrangement so produced.
   - Simple: The act of arranging shapes, colors, or marks into a repeated design.
   - _The fabric's intricate patterning drew every eye in the room._
   - _Repeated freezing and thawing created a strange patterning across the rock surface._
3. The act of shaping one's behavior, work, or design to follow another taken as a model, often expressed as following after something.
   - Simple: Copying someone or something and using them as a model to follow.
   - _Her prose's patterning after the great essayists is obvious in every paragraph._
   - _The constitution's patterning after earlier republics gave it a familiar structure._

## Verb

2. Present participle of pattern. — present participle and gerund of pattern
   - Simple: Present participle of pattern. Use this form for an action happening now.
   - _The committee is patterning its bylaws on those of older organizations._
   - _She spent the evening patterning fabric for the costume._

## Origin

Formed from the word "pattern" combined with the suffix "-ing".

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