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ALL meanings of paradigm

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  • noun paradigm Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially 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'. 1
  • noun paradigm an example serving as a model; pattern. Synonyms: mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone. 1
  • noun paradigm a framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodology that are commonly accepted by members of a scientific community. such a cognitive framework shared by members of any discipline or group: the company’s business paradigm. 1
  • noun paradigm example 1
  • noun paradigm framework of ideas 1
  • variable noun paradigm A paradigm is a model for something which explains it or shows how it can be produced. 0
  • countable noun paradigm A paradigm is a clear and typical example of something. 0
  • noun paradigm the set of all the inflected forms of a word or a systematic arrangement displaying these forms 0
  • noun paradigm a pattern or model 0
  • noun paradigm a typical or stereotypical example (esp in the phrase paradigm case) 0
  • noun paradigm (in the philosophy of science) a very general conception of the nature of scientific endeavour within which a given enquiry is undertaken 0
  • noun paradigm a pattern, example, or model 0
  • noun paradigm an overall concept accepted by most people in an intellectual community, as those in one of the natural sciences, because of its effectiveness in explaining a complex process, idea, or set of data 0
  • noun paradigm an example of a declension or conjugation, giving all the inflectional forms of a word 0
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