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model
a standard or example for imitation; exemplary: a model prisoner; a miniature representation of something: a model train; a person or thing that serves as a subject for an artist
Not to be confused with:
modal – pertaining to mode, manner, or form; in music, based on a scale other than major or minor
module – a separable component or self-contained segment of something else: an office module; a standard unit for measuring; in computers, a program or part that performs a distinct function
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mod·el
(mŏd′l)n.
1. A small object, usually built to scale, that represents in detail another, often larger object.
2.
a. A preliminary work or construction that serves as a plan from which a final product is to be made: a clay model ready for casting.
b. Such a work or construction used in testing or perfecting a final product: a test model of a solar-powered vehicle.
3. A schematic description or representation of something, especially a system or phenomenon, that accounts for its properties and is used to study its characteristics: a model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
4. A style or design of an item: My car is last year's model.
5. One serving as an example to be imitated or compared: a model of decorum. See Synonyms at ideal.
6.
a. One that serves as the subject for an artist, especially a person employed to pose for a painter, sculptor, or photographer.
b. One that serves as the basis for a fictional character or place.
7. A person employed to display merchandise, such as clothing or cosmetics.
8. Zoology An animal whose appearance is copied by a mimic.
adj.
1. Being, serving as, or used as a model.
2. Worthy of imitation: a model child.
v. mod·eled, mod·el·ing, mod·els also mod·elled or mod·el·ling
v.tr.
1. To make or construct a descriptive or representational model of: computer programs that model climate change.
2. To plan, construct, or fashion in imitation of a model: modeled his legal career after that of his mentor.
3.
a. To make by shaping a plastic substance: modeled a bust from clay.
b. To form (clay, for example) into a shape.
4. To display by wearing or posing in: model clothes.
5. In painting, drawing, and photography, to give a three-dimensional appearance to, as by shading or highlighting.
6. Psychology
a. To exhibit (a behavior) in such a way as to promote the establishment of similar patterns of behavior in another: The therapist modeled socially appropriate conversation.
b. To repeat (a behavior observed in another): The child was modeling her mother's nurturing behavior.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To make a model.
2. To work or serve as a model, as in wearing clothes for display or serving as the subject of an artist.
model (oneself) on (or after)
To copy the example of (another); imitate.
[French modèle, from Italian modello, diminutive of modo, form, from Latin modus, measure, standard; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
mod′el·er n.
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model
(ˈmɒdəl)n
1. (Modelmaking & Model Railways)
a. a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc
b. (as modifier): a model train.
2.
a. a standard to be imitated: she was my model for good scholarship.
b. (as modifier): a model wife.
3. a representative form, style, or pattern
4. (Art Terms) a person who poses for a sculptor, painter, or photographer
5. (Clothing & Fashion) a person who wears clothes to display them to prospective buyers; mannequin
6. (Art Terms) a preparatory sculpture in clay, wax, etc, from which the finished work is copied
7. (Commerce) a design or style, esp one of a series of designs of a particular product: last year's model.
8. (Clothing & Fashion)
a. an original unique article of clothing
b. (as modifier): a model coat.
9. (Logic) a simplified representation or description of a system or complex entity, esp one designed to facilitate calculations and predictions
10. (Logic) logic
a. an interpretation of a formal system under which the theorems derivable in that system are mapped onto truths
b. a theory in which a given sentence is true
vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled
11. (Modelmaking & Model Railways) to make a model of (something or someone)
12. (Art Terms) to make a model of (something or someone)
13. (Art Terms) to form in clay, wax, etc; mould
14. (Clothing & Fashion) to display (clothing and accessories) as a mannequin
15. to plan or create according to a model or models
16. (Photography) to arrange studio lighting so that highlights and shadows emphasize the desired features of a human form or an inanimate object
[C16: from Old French modelle, from Italian modello, from Latin modulus, diminutive of modus mode]
ˈmodeller, ˈmodeler n
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mod•el
(ˈmɒd l)n., adj., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n.
1. a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
2. a representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something.
3. an image in clay, wax, or the like, to be reproduced in more durable material.
4. a person or thing that serves as a subject for an artist, sculptor, writer, etc.
5. a person whose profession is posing for artists or photographers.
6. a person employed to wear clothing or pose with a product for purposes of display and advertising.
7. a style or design of a particular product.
8. a pattern or mode of structure or formation.
9. a typical form or style.
10. 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. Logic, Math. an interpretation of a formal system in which all the theorems of that system are true.
adj. 12. serving as an example or model: a model home.
13. worthy to serve as a model; exemplary: a model student.
14. being a miniature version of something: model ships.
v.t. 15. to form or plan according to a model.
16. to give shape or form to; fashion.
17. to make a miniature model of.
18. to fashion in clay, wax, or the like.
19. to display to other persons or to prospective customers, esp. by wearing: to model dresses.
20. to use or include as an element in a larger construct: to model data into a forecast.
v.i. 21. to make models.
22. to produce designs in some plastic material.
23. to assume a typical or natural appearance, as the parts of a drawing in progress.
24. to serve or be employed as a model.
[1565–75; < Middle French modelle < Italian modello < Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive of Latin modulus (see module)]
mod′el•er; esp. Brit., mod′el•ler, n.
syn: See ideal.
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mod·el
(mŏd′l) A description or concept of a system or set of observable events that accounts for all its known properties in a reasonable way.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
model
- phantom - A model of a baby used in obstetric demonstration.
- configure - First meant "fashion according to a model."
- pattern - Comes from patron, "something serving as a model."
- Frisbee - Was modeled on pie tins from Mrs. Frisbie's Pies—made by the Frisbie Bakery of Bridgeport, Connecticut—which students began tossing around in the 1920s.
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model
Past participle: modelled
Gerund: modelling
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| Noun | 1. |  model - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"computer simulation, simulation - (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated" hypothesis, theory, possibility - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" mean sun - a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds Copernican system - (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun Ptolemaic system - (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center M-theory - (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong string theory - (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings stochastic process - a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) |
| 2. |  model - a type of product; "his car was an old model" | |
| 3. |  model - 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"artist's model, sitter - a person who poses for a painter or sculptor assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" dressmaker's model - someone who models dresses photographer's model - a model who poses for photographers | |
| 4. |  model - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)figure - a model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus" globe - a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented mock-up - full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display planetarium - an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems restoration - a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something roughcast - a rough preliminary model | |
| 5. | model - something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain beaut, beauty - an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" pacemaker, pacesetter - a leading instance in its field; "the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations" pattern - a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics" prodigy - an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor" | |
| 6. |  model - someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model"leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others | |
| 7. | model - a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image epitome, prototype, paradigm, image - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" holotype, type specimen - the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made microcosm - a miniature model of something archetype, original, pilot - something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" prefiguration - an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | |
| 8. |  model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" supermodel - a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity | |
| 9. |  model - the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)representation - an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent simulation - the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) | |
| Verb | 1. | model - plan or create according to a model or models imitate, simulate, copy - reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" scale - pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard |
| 2. |  model - form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" | |
| 3. | model - assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" display, exhibit, expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" | |
| 4. |  model - display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion" | |
| 5. | model - create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" | |
| 6. |  model - construct a model of; "model an airplane" | |
| Adj. | 1. | model - worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens" worthy - having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "a worthy cause" |
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model
noun
1. representation, image, copy, miniature, dummy, replica, imitation, duplicate, lookalike, facsimile, mock-up an architect's model of a wooden house
2. pattern, example, design, standard, type, original, ideal, mould, norm, gauge, prototype, paradigm, archetype, exemplar, lodestar the Chinese model of economic reform
3. paragon, ideal, embodiment, epitome, perfect example, personification, acme, nonpareil, perfect specimen, beau idéal (French) a model of good manners
4. version, form, kind, design, style, type, variety, stamp, mode, configuration To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model.
6. mannequin, supermodel, fashion model, clothes horse (informal), poster boy or girl a top photographic model
adjective
2. ideal, perfect, impeccable, exemplary, consummate, flawless, faultless At school she was a model pupil.
ideal flawed, impaired, deficient, imperfect
ideal flawed, impaired, deficient, imperfect
3. archetypal, standard, typical, illustrative, paradigmatic The aim is to develop a model farm from which farmers can learn.
verb
1. base, shape, plan, found, pattern, mold She asked if he had modelled the hero on anyone in particular.
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model
noun1. A small-scale representation of something:
1. To take as a model or make conform to a model.On, upon, or after:
Idioms: follow in the footsteps of, follow suit, follow the example of.
1. Having the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type:
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Translations
طِرازعَارِضَةُ أَزْياءعارِضَة أزْياءقدوةمِثال، قُدْوَه
modelmodelkamodelovatvzorvzorný
modelmodel-modellere=-modelefterligne
mallimalli-mallintaamannekiinimuodostaa
modeloblikovatiuzoran
manökenmanökenként dolgozikmintaként követmintázmodell
fyrirmyndlíkanmódel, fyrirsætamódel, sÿningarstúlkamóta
モデル模型模型を作る模範的な
모델모범이 되는모형모형을 만들다
demonstruotidirbti modeliukurti pagal pavyzdįlipdytimaketas
atdarinātdemonstrēt modeļusmaketsmanekensmodelēt
brať si vzormanekýnkamodelkamodelovýrobiť modelku
manekenmanekenkamodelmodeliratioblikovati
modellvisaexemplarisk
เป็นต้นแบบแบบจำลองทำให้เป็นแบบอย่างนางแบบ นายแบบ
làm mô hìnhmẫu mựcmô hìnhngười mẫu
model
[ˈmɒdl]A. N
2. (= example) → modelo m
to hold sth/sb up as a model → presentar algo/a algn como modelo (a seguir)
a tribunal is to be set up on the model of Nuremberg → se constituirá un tribunal según el modelo de or a la manera del de Nuremberg
to hold sth/sb up as a model → presentar algo/a algn como modelo (a seguir)
a tribunal is to be set up on the model of Nuremberg → se constituirá un tribunal según el modelo de or a la manera del de Nuremberg
3. (= paragon) → modelo m
he is a model of good behaviour/patience → es un modelo de buen comportamiento/paciencia
he is a model of good behaviour/patience → es un modelo de buen comportamiento/paciencia
5. (Comm) (= design) → modelo m
B. ADJ
2. (= prototype) [home] → piloto
C. VT
1. to model sth on sth: their new socialist state is modelled on that of China → su nuevo estado socialista toma como modelo el de China
the gardens are modelled on those at Versailles → los jardines están inspirados en los de Versalles
to model o.s. on sb → tomar a algn como modelo
children usually model themselves on their parents → los niños normalmente toman como modelo a sus padres
he models himself on James Dean → imita a James Dean → su modelo a imitar es James Dean
the gardens are modelled on those at Versailles → los jardines están inspirados en los de Versalles
to model o.s. on sb → tomar a algn como modelo
children usually model themselves on their parents → los niños normalmente toman como modelo a sus padres
he models himself on James Dean → imita a James Dean → su modelo a imitar es James Dean
2. (Art) → modelar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
model
[ˈmɒdəl] n
[artist] → modèle m
[building, machine, ship] → maquette f, modèle m réduit
a model of the castle → une maquette du château
a model of the castle → une maquette du château
to be a model of clarity (= very clear) → être un modèle de clarté
to be a model of discretion (= be very discreet) → être un modèle de discrétion
to be a model of discretion (= be very discreet) → être un modèle de discrétion
vt
[+ clay] → modeler
to model clothes → présenter des vêtements
She was modelling a Lorna Bailey outfit → Elle présentait une tenue de la collection Lorna Bailey.
She was modelling a Lorna Bailey outfit → Elle présentait une tenue de la collection Lorna Bailey.
to model o.s. on sb (= copy) → se modeler sur qn
The children have their parents on which to model themselves → Les enfants ont leurs parents sur lesquels se modeler.
to model sb/sth on sth → modeler qn/qch sur qch
The children have their parents on which to model themselves → Les enfants ont leurs parents sur lesquels se modeler.
to model sb/sth on sth → modeler qn/qch sur qch
vi
(= model clothes) → travailler comme mannequin
(for artist, photographer) → poser
You could see if the art college needs someone to model for them → Vous pourriez voir si l'école d'art a besoin de quelqu'un pour poser pour eux.
You could see if the art college needs someone to model for them → Vous pourriez voir si l'école d'art a besoin de quelqu'un pour poser pour eux.
adj
[train] → modèle réduit, en modèle réduit
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model
n
→ Modell nt; to make something on the model of something → etw (acc) → einer Sache (dat) → nachbilden; it is built on the model of the Doge’s Palace → es ist eine Nachbildung des Dogenpalastes; our democracy is based on the model of Greece → unsere Demokratie ist nach dem Vorbild Griechenlands aufgebaut
(= perfect example) → Muster nt (→ of an +dat); this book is a model of objectivity → dieses Buch ist ein Muster an Objektivität; to hold somebody up as a model → jdn als Vorbild hinstellen
(artist’s, photographer’s) → Modell nt; (= fashion model) → Mannequin nt; (= male model) → Dressman m
(of car, dress, machine etc) → Modell nt
adj
vt
to model X on Y → Y als Vorlage or Muster für X benutzen; X is modelled (Brit) or modeled (US) on Y → Y dient als Vorlage or Muster für X; this building is modelled (Brit) or modeled (US) on the Parthenon → dieses Gebäude ist dem Parthenon nachgebildet; the system was modelled (Brit) or modeled (US) on the American one → das System war nach amerikanischem Muster aufgebaut; this poem is modelled (Brit) or modeled (US) on Shakespeare’s sonnets → dieses Gedicht ist Shakespeares Sonetten nachempfunden; it’s not modelled (Brit) or modeled (US) on anything → es ist frei entstanden, dafür gibt es keine Vorlage; to model oneself/one’s life on somebody → sich (dat) → jdn zum Vorbild nehmen
(= make a model) → modellieren, formen; her finely modelled (Brit) or modeled features (US, fig) → ihre fein geschnittenen Gesichtszüge
dress etc → vorführen
vi
(= make models) → modellieren
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model
[ˈmɒdl]1. n (gen) (fig) (Archit) → modello; (small-scale) → modellino (also fashion model) → indossatore/trice, modello/a (also artist's model) → modello/a
male model → indossatore, modello
4-door model (of car) → versione f 4 porte
male model → indossatore, modello
4-door model (of car) → versione f 4 porte
2. vt
a. to model sth on → modellare qc su
to model sb on → prendere a modello per qn
to model o.s. on sb → prendere a modello qn
to model sb on → prendere a modello per qn
to model o.s. on sb → prendere a modello qn
c. (clothes) → indossare
3. vi (Art, Phot) → fare da modello/a, posare; (fashion) → sfilare, fare l'indossatore/trice or il/la modello/a
4. adj
a. (small-scale, village, aircraft) → in miniatura
b. (prison, school, husband) → modello inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
model
(ˈmodl) noun1. a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale. a model of the Taj Mahal; (also adjective) a model aeroplane.
2. a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers. Our car is a 1999 model.
3. a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn. He has a job as a male fashion model.
4. a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc. I work as an artist's model.
5. something that can be used to copy from.
6. a person or thing which is an excellent example. She is a model of politeness; (also adjective) model behaviour.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈmodelled , (American usually) ˈmodeled – 1. to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers. They model (underwear) for a living.
2. to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc. She models at the local art school.
3. to make models (of things or people). to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.
4. to form (something) into a (particular) shape. She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.
ˈmodelling , (American) ˈmodeling nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
model
→ عَارِضَةُ أَزْياء, مِثَالِيٌّ, نـَمُوذَجٌ, يَقْتَدِي بِ model, modelka, modelovat, vzorný model, model-, modellere Model, Modell, modellieren, vorbildlich διαπλάθω, μοντέλο, πρότυπος modelar, modelo malli, malli-, muotoilla mannequin, modèle, modeler model, oblikovati, uzoran esemplare, modellare, modello モデル, 模型, 模型を作る, 模範的な 모델, 모범이 되는, 모형, 모형을 만들다 model, model-, modelleren forme, modell, modell- model, modelowy, umodelować exemplar, modelar, modelo масштабная модель, моделировать, модель, образцовый exemplarisk, modell, visa เป็นต้นแบบ, แบบจำลอง, ทำให้เป็นแบบอย่าง, นางแบบ นายแบบ model, modelini yapmak, örnek làm mô hình, mẫu mực, mô hình, người mẫu 模仿, 模型, 模特, 模范的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
mod·el
n. modelo, patrón, molde.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012