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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
paradigm
/ˈpæ.ɹə.daɪm/
noun
a set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining something
- “You just need time to adjust to the new paradigm.”Tatoeba
- “A paradigm is something you think about before you think about it.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)