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Grammar : Noun
Spell : par-uh-dahym, -dim
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌdaɪm, -dɪm

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Définition of paradigms

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Late Latin paradigma "pattern, example," especially in grammar, from Greek paradeigma "pattern, model; precedent, example," from paradeiknynai "exhibit, represent," literally "show side by side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + deiknynai "to show" (cognate with Latin dicere "to show;" see diction). Related: Paradigmatic; paradigmatical.
  • noun example
Example sentences :
  • I am satisfied that languages can be taught without rules and by paradigms only.
  • Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Paradigms of habban, to have; libban, to live; scgan, to say.
  • Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book » by C. Alphonso Smith
  • The fate of the verb is similar, though the two paradigms do not necessarily decay at the same rate.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 » by Various
  • Grammar with its puzzling array of classifications, nomenclatures, and paradigms, was wholly discarded in her education.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • A few punctuation marks in the paradigms and vocabulary lists have been supplied or regularized.
  • Extract from : « Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages » by John Summerfield

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