model

[ mod-l ]

/ ˈmɒd l /

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noun

a standard or example for imitation or comparison.

a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.

an image in clay, wax, or the like, to be reproduced in more durable material.

a person or thing that serves as a subject for an artist, sculptor, writer, etc.

a person whose profession is posing for artists or photographers.

a person employed to wear clothing or pose with a product for purposes of display and advertising.

a style or design of a particular product: His car is last year's model.

a pattern or mode of structure or formation.

a typical form or style.

a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon, as in the sciences or economics, with any hypotheses required to describe the system or explain the phenomenon, often mathematically.

Zoology. an animal that is mimicked in form or color by another.

adjective

serving as an example or model: a model home open to prospective buyers.

worthy to serve as a model; exemplary: a model student.

being a small or miniature version of something: He enjoyed building model ships.

verb (used with object), mod·eled, mod·el·ing or (especially British) mod·elled, mod·el·ling.

to form or plan according to a model.

to give shape or form to; fashion.

to make a miniature model of.

to fashion in clay, wax, or the like.

to simulate (a process, concept, or the operation of a system), commonly with the aid of a computer.

to display to other persons or to prospective customers, especially by wearing: to model dresses.

to use or include as an element in a larger construct: to model new data into the forecast.

verb (used without object), mod·eled, mod·el·ing or (especially British) mod·elled, mod·el·ling.

to make models.

to produce designs in some plastic material.

to assume a typical or natural appearance, as the parts of a drawing in progress.

to serve or be employed as a model.

OTHER WORDS FOR model

1 paragon; prototype, archetype, mold, original.

16 design.

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Origin of model

1565–75; earlier modell<Middle French modelle<Italian modello<Vulgar Latin *modellus, equivalent to Latin mod(ulus) (see module) + -ellus-elle

synonym study for model

1. See ideal.

OTHER WORDS FROM model

mod·el·er; especially British, mod·el·ler, nounpre·mod·el, verb (used without object), pre·mod·eled, pre·mod·el·ing or (especially British) pre·mod·elled, pre·mod·el·ling.un·mod·eled, adjectiveun·mod·elled, adjective

Words nearby model

modality, modal logic, mod cons, modding, mode, model, modeling, modelist, modelling, model minority, Model T

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How to use model in a sentence

If you’re buying a winch new, order a model that already comes with a synthetic rope.
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Gateway is also making two models of Android tablet—an 8" GWAT8-1 which doesn't appear to be available retail yet, and a 10" model available at Walmart for $67.
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The NASA smoke model not painting a pretty picture for the next 5 days in the Pacific NW.
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In response, it tweaked its models to better respond to the paradigm shift.
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Huang said Nvidia valued Arm’s independence and business model.
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Some gay apps, like the newer Mister, have not subscribed to the community/tribe model.
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If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.
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Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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They love them as props or for decorating a white model in black face!
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She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
She is a model of the Brisk—the little Brisk that was sore exposed that day at Navarino.
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The duke was agricultural above all things; he had a model estate bristling with scientific improvement.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
In all the events belonging to this century, we have only to deal with the last two figures— Model Queen gives the date of 37.
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This is very probable, and may account also for the elevated model which was adopted both by Andrew and some others of the Amati.
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British Dictionary definitions for model

model

/ (ˈmɒdəl) /

noun

a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc
(as modifier)a model train

a standard to be imitatedshe was my model for good scholarship
(as modifier)a model wife

a representative form, style, or pattern

a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer

a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin

a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc, from which the finished work is copied

a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular productlast year's model

British

an original unique article of clothing
(as modifier)a model coat

a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions

logic

an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths
a theory in which a given sentence is true

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

to make a model of (something or someone)

to form in clay, wax, etc; mould

to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin

to plan or create according to a model or models

to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object

Derived forms of model

modeller or US modeler, noun

Word Origin for model

C16: from Old French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus mode

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Scientific definitions for model

model

[ mŏd′l ]

A systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon. Scientific models can be material, visual, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the construction of scientific theories. See also hypothesis theory.

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Origin of model

synonym study for model

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