adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Conformed to a pattern, a model to be followed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The Royal Navy kept patterned birches and patterned canes at the principal dockyards as specimens, intending to standardize the main implements used for formal corporal punishment on its ships
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Supplied with a pattern
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of pattern
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: plain
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Ingrian:
kuvikas
— with a pattern
Norwegian Bokmål:
mønstret
— with a pattern
Norwegian Bokmål:
mønstrete
— with a pattern
Norwegian Nynorsk:
mønstra
— with a pattern
Norwegian Nynorsk:
mønstrete
— with a pattern
Russian:
узо́рчатый
(uzórčatyj)
— with a pattern
Ukrainian:
візеру́нковий
(vizerúnkovyj)
— with a pattern