Definitions of model [ˈmɒd l]

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Definition of 'model'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) model
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.

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

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

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

5.  model
a person whose profession is posing for artists or photographers.

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

7.  model
a style or design of a particular product.

8.  model
a pattern or mode of structure or formation.

9.  model
a typical form or style.

10.  model
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.

11. (adj.) model
serving as an example or model:
a model home.

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

13.  model
being a miniature version of something:
model ships.

14. (v.t.) model
to form or plan according to a model.

15.  model
to give shape or form to; fashion.

16.  model
to make a miniature model of.

17.  model
to fashion in clay, wax, or the like.

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

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

20. (v.i.) model
to make models.

21.  model
to produce designs in some plastic material.

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

23.  model
to serve or be employed as a model.

Etymology: (1565–75; < MF modelle < It modello < VL *modellus, dim. of L modulus (see module ))

Definition of 'model'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) model, theoretical account, framework
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
"the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"

2. (noun) model
a type of product
"his car was an old model"

3. (noun) model, poser
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"

4. (noun) model, simulation
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

5. (noun) exemplar, example, model, good example
something to be imitated
"an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"

6. (noun) model, role model
someone worthy of imitation
"every child needs a role model"

7. (noun) model, example
a representative form or pattern
"I profited from his example"

8. (noun) mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model
a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
"she was too fat to be a mannequin"

9. (adj) model, modelling, modeling
the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

10. (verb) exemplary, model(a)
worthy of imitation
"exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"

11. (verb) model, pattern
plan or create according to a model or models

12. (verb) model, mold, mould
form in clay, wax, etc
"model a head with clay"

13. (verb) model, pose, sit, posture
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
"We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"

14. (verb) model
display (clothes) as a mannequin
"model the latest fashion"

15. (verb) model, simulate
create a representation or model of
"The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"

16. (verb) model, mock up
construct a model of
"model an airplane"

Definition of 'model'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) model
an object made to look just like sth larger or smaller
He builds model airplanes.; a model of a cell

2.  model
sth used as a good example to copy
We're using Paris' transportation system as a model for ours.

3.  model
sb who is photographed or drawn
a famous fashion model

4.  model
a particular version of a company's vehicle or machine
The 2010 models will have many new features.

5. (verb) model
to wear fashionable clothes, hair styles, etc. in order to be photographed
She models for a living.; women modeling the latest fashions

6.  model
to use sth as an example to copy
They modeled the architecture on the old art museum.

7. (adjective) model
being a copy of sth
a collection of model cars

8.  model
used as an example of sth very good or perfect
a model child

Definition of 'model'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) model
suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband

2. (noun) model
a miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size

3. (noun) model
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

4. (noun) model
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

5. (noun) model
that by which a thing is to be measured; standard

6. (noun) model
any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact

7. (noun) model
a person who poses as a pattern to an artist

8. (verb) model
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

9. (verb) model
to make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax

Translation of 'model'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale a model of the Taj Mahal; (
Afrikaans: model	Arabic: نَموذَج	Bulgarian: макет
Brazilian: modelo	Czech: model; modelový	German: das Modell, Modell-...
Danish: model; -model; model-	Greek: ομοίωμα, μακέτα	Spanish: modelo, maqueta
Estonian: mudel	Farsi: طرح	Finnish: pienoismalli
French: modèle (réduit)	Hebrew: דֶגֶם	Hindi: नमूना
Croatian: model	Hungarian: minta, (-)modell	Indonesian: tiruan
Icelandic: líkan	Italian: modello	Japanese: 模型
Korean: 모형	Lithuanian: modelis, maketas	Latvian: modelis; makets
Malay: model	Dutch: model, maquette	Norwegian: modell
Polish: model	Persian: طرح	Pashto: طرح، موډل
Portuguese: modelo	Romanian: machetă, (în) miniatură	Russian: модель; макет
Slovak: model; modelový	Slovenian: model	Serbian: maketa
Swedish: modell	Thai: แบบจำลอง	Turkish: model
Taiwanese: 模型	Ukrainian: модель, макет	Urdu: چھوٹا نمونہ
Vietnamese: mô hình	Chinese: 模型
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