Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for pattern

Two senses of pattern live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

something intended as a guide for making something else

A pattern for a skirt.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

design

Same sentence, swapped: A design for a skirt.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for pattern as it is used in the sentence above.

formula
practice
budget

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

a perceptual structure

A visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

form

Same sentence, swapped: A visual form must include not only objects but the spaces between them.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for pattern as it is used in the sentence above.

normal
blueprint
organisation

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

meaningadjective, nounpregnantrich in significance or implicationFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line memorynounstorean electronic memory deviceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line missverbdropleave undone or leave outFoothillsHas a reason line mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line albatrossnounmillstonesomething that hinders or handicapsHigh CampHas a reason line aliveadjectiveawakementally perceptive and responsiveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line apologynounexcusea poor exampleFoothillsHas a reason line managementnoundirectionthe act of managing somethingFoothillsHas a reason line

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