paradigm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paradigm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for paradigm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paradigm n systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" Synonym(s): prototype, paradigm, epitome, image 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) Synonym(s): substitution class, paradigm the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paradigm \Par"a*digm\, n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show by the side of, to set up as an example; [?] beside + [?] to show. See {Para-}, and {Diction}.] 1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] [bd]The paradigms and patterns of all things.[b8] --Cudworth. 2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection. 3. (Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.