Definition of: paradigm

(par′ə·dim, -dīm) noun
1. Gram. An ordered list or table of all the inflected forms of a word or class of words, as of a particular declension, conjugation, etc.
2. Any pattern or example. [<LL paradigma <Gk. paradeigma a pattern <para- beside + deiknynai show]
—par′a·dig·mat′ic (-dig·mat′ik) adjective