MODEL

exemplary, model

(adjective) worthy of imitation; “exemplary behavior”; “model citizens”

model, modelling, modeling

(noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

model, simulation

(noun) representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

model

(noun) a type of product; “his car was an old model”

model, theoretical account, framework

(noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; “the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems”

exemplar, example, model, good example

(noun) something to be imitated; “an exemplar of success”; “a model of clarity”; “he is the very model of a modern major general”

model, example

(noun) a representative form or pattern; “I profited from his example”

mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model

(noun) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; “she was too fat to be a mannequin”

model, poser

(noun) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; “the president didn’t have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos”

model, role model

(noun) someone worthy of imitation; “every child needs a role model”

model, mold, mould

(verb) form in clay, wax, etc; “model a head with clay”

model, mock up

(verb) construct a model of; “model an airplane”

model, simulate

(verb) create a representation or model of; “The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights”

model, pattern

(verb) plan or create according to a model or models

model

(verb) display (clothes) as a mannequin; “model the latest fashion”

model, pose, sit, posture

(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes; “We don’t know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

model (plural models)

A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.

A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.

A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature.

A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event.

A style, type, or design.

The structural design of a complex system.

A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

(logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.

(logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.

(medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.

Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

(software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

Synonyms

• See also model

Hyponyms

(Hyponyms of "model"):

• abstract model

• animal model

• arbitrage pricing model

• business model

• causal model

• commercial model

• computer model

• data model

• database model

• delegation model

• delegation-based model

• Document Object Model

• economy model

• enterprise architecture model

• entity-relationship model

• execution model

• fashion model

• fetish model

• fitness model

• glamour model

• information model

• late model

• mark to model

• mathematical model

• mental model

• object model

• object-relational model

• production model

• programming model

• relational model

• role model

• runway model

• scale model

• scientific model

• waterfall model

• water-line model

• view model

Adjective

model (not comparable)

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

Synonym: ideal

Verb

model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (US) modeling or (UK) modelling, simple past and past participle (US) modeled or (UK) modelled)

(transitive) to display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model

(transitive) to use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model

(transitive) to make a miniature model of

(transitive) to create from a substance such as clay

(intransitive) to make a model or models

(intransitive) to be a model of any kind

Synonyms

• modelise, US modelize

Anagrams

• molde

Source: Wiktionary

Mod"el, n. Etym: [F. modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.]

1. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size. In charts, in maps, and eke in models made. Gascoigne. I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that Danish seal. Shak. You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished. Addison.

2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine. [The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it. Am. Cyc. When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the model. Shak.

3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.

4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. Thou seest thy wretched brother die, Who was the model of thy father's life. Shak.

6. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. A professional model. H. James. Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale the work which the machine itself does, or expected to do.

Mod"el, a.

Definition: Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.

Mod"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeled or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Modeling or Modelling.] Etym: [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.]

Definition: To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.

Mod"el, v. i. (Fine Arts)

Definition: To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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