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Paradigm

//ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.

    "Near-synonyms: style, model, worldview"

  2. 2
    a standard or typical example wordnet
  3. 3
    An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.

    "Near-synonyms: template, exemplar, archetype, poster child; see also Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model"

  4. 4
    the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time wordnet
  5. 5
    A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

    "The paradigm of "to sing" is "sing, sang, sung". The verb "to ring" follows the same paradigm."

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  1. 6
    the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) wordnet
  2. 7
    systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English paradygme, from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”), from παραδείκνυμι (paradeíknumi, “I show [beside] or compare”) + -μα (-ma, suffix forming nouns concerning the results of actions).

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