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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•digm /ˈpærəˌdaɪm, -dɪm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammara set of all the inflected forms of a word based on a single stem or root, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- an example serving as a model; pattern:a paradigm of virtue.
par•a•dig•mat•ic /ˌpærədɪgˈmætɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•digm (par′ə dīm′, -dim),USA pronunciation n. - Grammar
- a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, esp. the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
- a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
- an example serving as a model;
pattern.
- Greek parádeigma pattern (verbid of paradeiknýnai to show side by side), equivalent. to para- para-1 + deik-, base of deiknýnai to show (see deictic) + -ma noun, nominal suffix
- Late Latin paradīgma
- 1475–85
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: paradigm /ˈpærəˌdaɪm/ n - the set of all the inflected forms of a word or a systematic arrangement displaying these forms
- a pattern or model
- (in the philosophy of science) a very general conception of the nature of scientific endeavour within which a given enquiry is undertaken
Etymology: 15th Century: via French and Latin from Greek paradeigma pattern, from paradeiknunai to compare, from para-1 + deiknunai to showparadigmatic /ˌpærədɪɡˈmætɪk/ adj |