Model - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɑːdl|  American pronunciation of the word model
Brit.  |ˈmɒd(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word model

noun

- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process (syn: framework)
the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems
- a type of product
his car was an old model
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor (syn: poser)
the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) (syn: simulation)
- something to be imitated (syn: example, exemplar)
a model of clarity
he is the very model of a modern major general
- someone worthy of imitation
every child needs a role model
- a representative form or pattern (syn: example)
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions (syn: manikin, mannequin, mannikin)
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) (syn: modeling, modelling)

verb

- plan or create according to a model or models (syn: pattern)
- form in clay, wax, etc (syn: mold, mould)
model a head with clay
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes (syn: pose, posture, sit)
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
model the latest fashion
- create a representation or model of (syn: simulate)
- construct a model of (syn: mock up)
model an airplane

adjective

- worthy of imitation (syn: exemplary)
model citizens

Extra examples

She's building a model of the Earth for science class.

A plastic model of the human heart

We've improved on last year's model, making the car safer and easier to control.

He bought one of the old 1965 models.

We couldn't afford one of the fancy TVs and had to buy the standard model.

We've developed a computer model of the economy to predict what will happen in the future.

Companies are developing new business models.

The faces of the gods were modeled in white stone.

They're modeling this year's new spring fashions.

She got a job modeling shoes for a catalog company.

A fashion model who has angered animal lovers by modeling fur coats

Our university has a model program for training its athletes.

...why can't you be like your sister, who is such a well-behaved model child?...

As a girl she has been a model pupil.

Hospital staff say he is a model patient.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: model
he/she/it: models
present participle: modelling
past tense: modelled
past participle: modelled
noun
singular: model
plural: models
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