Pattern (5)
'pattern' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ideal that I've seen before include "fine" , "Very eager (to see)" , "Just the ticket" , "unlikely to be bettered?" , "To which one aspires" .)
'pattern' is the definition.
(I know that pattern can be written as shape)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for shape that I've seen before include "External form" , "Square, circle, etc." , "Heaps (anag.)" , "Control development of" , "Good physical form" .)
'pattern' is the definition.
(I know that pattern can be written as model)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for model that I've seen before include "Ideal example" , "Small-scale representation" , "Example (on the catwalk?)" , "Small-scale replica" , "She walks the catwalk" .)
'pattern' is the definition.
(I know that motif is a type of pattern)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for motif that I've seen before include "symbolic ornament" , "Shape" , "Single design - theme" , "Decorative design" , "Recurrent theme as in musical work" .)
'pattern' is the definition.
(I know that pattern can be written as design)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for design that I've seen before include "Develop a drawing or model" , "Devise, dreate, make out a plan" , "Bluepriint, pattern" , "Blueprint, sketch" , "Plan, drawing" .)