model | English to English Dictionary

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model

('m/A/d/-/l )

Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process(noun.cognition)

Example:
The computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems.

Synonym:
framework, theoretical account

source: wordnet30
a type of product(noun.cognition)

Example:
His car was an old model.

source: wordnet30
a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor(noun.person)

Example:
The president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos.

Synonym:
poser

source: wordnet30
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
simulation

source: wordnet30
something to be imitated(noun.cognition)

Example:
A model of clarity.
He is the very model of a modern major general.

Synonym:
example, exemplar, good example

source: wordnet30
someone worthy of imitation(noun.person)

Example:
Every child needs a role model.

Synonym:
role model

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a representative form or pattern(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
example

source: wordnet30
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions(noun.person)

Synonym:
fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin

source: wordnet30
the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)(noun.act)

Synonym:
modeling, modelling

source: wordnet30
A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.(noun)

source: webster1913

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

Synonym:
pattern

source: wordnet30
form in clay, wax, etc(verb.creation)

Example:
Model a head with clay.

Synonym:
mold, mould

source: wordnet30
assume a posture as for artistic purposes(verb.perception)

Synonym:
pose, posture, sit

source: wordnet30
display (clothes) as a mannequin(verb.perception)

Example:
Model the latest fashion.

source: wordnet30
create a representation or model of(verb.creation)

Synonym:
simulate

source: wordnet30
construct a model of(verb.creation)

Example:
Model an airplane.

Synonym:
mock up

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.(verb)

source: webster1913