common pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandpattern

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofcommonandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon pattern

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Thiscommonpatterncan support functional conservation.
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Not surprisingly, many recursive programs will share acommonpatternof recursion, and many inductive proofs will share acommonpatternof induction.
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This lack of spatial repeatability is the mostcommonpatternfound in other surveys.
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There is nocommonpatternthat suggests movement to a central location.
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Net exports have nocommonpattern, but most correlations are negative.
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However, acommonpatternis that designers are in some way external to the context of e-government use.
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The mostcommonpatternin both narratives was one or two crossovers in the course of the telling.
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These chapters follow acommonpattern: an introduction, evidence about each authority in turn, and a concluding discussion.
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Regardless of the type of building used, the vast majority of polling places were set up along acommonpattern.
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This is acommonpattern.
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There is anothercommonpattern.
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That is a verycommonpattern.
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That happens to be acommonpattern.
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Schools' attempts to find acommonpatternare often disputed.
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All these things should come into acommonpattern.
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There does not seem to be anycommonpattern.
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Neither of us can find acommonpattern.
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This is a fact of life, acommonpattern.
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There is a curiouslycommonpatternwith these conversions.
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As stated above, this was the mostcommonpatternin both sets of narratives, and in both cases the narratives were the best organised.
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In this context, it is important to point out that the first divisions after karyogamy tend to deviate from thecommonpatternof mitosis.
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When children reduce onset clusters to singletons, acommonpatternis for the least sonorous member of the adult cluster to be produced.
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