pattern

/ˈpa-tərn/

Middle English patron, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin patronus

noun

  1. a form or model proposed for imitation : exemplar

  2. something designed or used as a model for making things

  3. an artistic, musical, literary, or mechanical design or form

model example pattern exemplar ideal mean someone or something set before one for guidance or imitation. model applies to something taken or proposed as worthy of imitation. example applies to a person to be imitated or in some contexts on no account to be imitated but to be regarded as a warning.

verb

  1. match

  2. imitate

  3. to make, adapt, or fashion according to a pattern

idiom

  1. to try to be like and to behave like (someone one admires)

When he started his own business, he patterned himself after his father.