English Dictionary

paradigm

/ˈpæɹ.ə.daɪm/

noun

A pattern, a way of doing something, especially (now often derogatory) a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework. / An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

The shift from traditional teaching methods to online learning represents a new paradigm in education.

意味（1）

A pattern, a way of doing something, especially (now often derogatory) a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.

Thomas Kuhn's landmark “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” got people talking about paradigm shifts, to the point the word itself now suggests an incomplete or biased perspective.

意味（2）

An example serving as the model for such a pattern.

According to the Fourth Circuit, “Coca-Cola” is “the paradigm of a descriptive mark that has acquired secondary meaning”.

意味（3）

(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.

The paradigm of to sing is sing, sang, sung. The verb to ring follows the same paradigm.