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English to English noun
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systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word |  | source: wordnet30
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a standard or typical example | | Example: he is the prototype of good breeding
he provided America with an image of the good father
source: wordnet30
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the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) | | source: wordnet30
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the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time | | Example: he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm
source: wordnet30
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An example; a model; a pattern. | | source: webster1913
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