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Meaning of the word paradigm in English

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paradigm

US /ˈper.ə.daɪm/
UK /ˈper.ə.daɪm/

Noun

1.

a typical example or pattern of something; a model.

Example:
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there is a new paradigm for public art in this country
Synonym:
modelpatternexamplestandardprototypearchetypeidealgaugecriterionparagonexemplar
2.

a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.

Example:
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English determiners form a paradigm: we can say “a book” or “his book” but not “a his book.”
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