Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "patterns"
  • plural of pattern.
  • present tense form of pattern (3rd person singular).
Search instead for Slatterns.

patterns







Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

These layers offer abundant information about environmental changes, allowing researchers to reconstruct extreme weather events such as typhoons and conduct research into ancient climate patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

For Tuchel, clever and more aggressive defensive tactics are countered through specific patterns and planned solutions.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Differences in nerves, vessels and joints can alter how diseases reveal themselves, influence how scans are interpreted and shape patterns of movement and injury.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

Rarely does the movie hit on any salient points that the series hasn’t already made, opting instead to repeat narrative patterns and jerk a few tears here and there.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Spots or patches often form symmetrical patterns on the body, so a person with vitiligo on her right arm is likely to have it in roughly the same place on her left.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish



Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "patterns" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com