paradigm

== English == === 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). Doublet of paradigma. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/ (US) enPR: păr′ədīm (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪm/, [ˈpɛɹ.daɪm], /ˈpeɪ.ɹə.daɪm/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹ.ə.dɑem/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹ.ə.daɪm/, [ˈpɛɹ.ə.dɑe̯m] Hyphenation: par‧a‧digm === Noun === paradigm (plural paradigms or paradigmata) A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. Near-synonyms: style, model, worldview 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 (linguistics) 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. Synonym: paradigma ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Paradigm”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 449, column 1. “paradigm”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “paradigm”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "paradigm" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.