Etymology : Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus small measure, from modus
Pronunciation : 'mä-d
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Function : noun
Date : 1575
1. fashion model.
2. example, pattern, template, exemplar; one who models (clothing, etc.); one who sits as a subject for an artist; person whose work is to show clothes by wearing them; replica, miniature; paragon, ideal. display; example, exhibit; mold, design, shape. ideal, serving as an example, worthy of emulation. model\mod"el\ , n. [f. modèle, it. modello, fr. (assumed) l. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. see:
mode, and cf. module.].
3. 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. i had my father's signet in my purse, which was the model of that danish seal. you have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
4. 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. cyc. when we mean to build we first survey the plot, then draw the model.
5. 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.
6. that by which a thing is to be measured; standard. he that despairs measures providence by his own little, contracted model.
7. any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. thou seest thy wretched brother die, who was the model of thy father's life.
8. a person who poses as a pattern to an artist. a professional model. james.
9. model. Örnek olan. numune. Örnek. kalip. manken. ÖrneĞe gÖre yapmak. model yapmak. modellİk etmek. kalibini Çikarmak. bİÇİmlendİrmek. pattern. sample. specimen. templet.
10. A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
14. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
15. A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
16. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
17. 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.
18. To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax. the act of representing something representation of something a type of product; "his car was an old model" a simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" 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" someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" construct a model of; "model an airplane" create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" plan or create according to a model or models display as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion" assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often".
19. model. model, pattern, type, sample, norm, standard, manikin, poser, sitter, copybook, archetype, design, exemplar, fashion plate, form, guide, lay figure, mannequin, shape, specimen, stencil, type specimen, version, vintage. model.
20. model; scale model.
21. pattern (used in foundry work).
22. (artist´s) model.
23. style, type, model.
24. fashion magazine; magazine containing fashion plates and dressmaking patterns.
25. colloq. spitting image, carbon copy.
26. (fashion) model (person). model de?i?tirmek slang to wreck one´s car.". model. model.
27. model. pattern. sample. specimen. template. type. form. design. norm. examplar. archetype. mold. mould. make. copy. standard. templet. example. emblem. sampler. fashion plate. former. mannequin.
28. mod·el models modelling modelled in AM, use modeling, modeled.
29. A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents. an architect's model of a wooden house. a working scale model of the whole Bay Area I made a model out of paper and glue. Model is also an adjective. I had made a model aeroplane. a model railway.
30. A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results. He wants companies to follow the European model of social responsibility.
31. A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work. Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution.
32. If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works. the mathematics needed to model a nonlinear system like an atmosphere.
33. approval If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree. A model of good manners, he has conquered any inward fury.
34. approval You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well. As a girl she had been a model pupil = exemplary.
35. If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way. The quota system was modelled on those operated in America and continental Europe She asked the author if she had modelled her hero on anybody in particular.
36. If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them. There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
37. A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it. To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model The model number is 1870/285.
38. An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
39. If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them. Tullio has been modelling for Sandra for eleven years.
40. A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them. Paris's top photographic fashion model.
41. If someone models clothes, they display them by wearing them. I wasn't here to model clothes She began modelling in Paris aged.
42. + modelling mod·el·ling She was being offered a modelling contract.
43. If you model shapes or figures, you make them out of a substance such as clay or wood. There she began to model in clay Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone; sometimes she modelled clay see also:
role model. covering law model Model T New Model Army standard model.