model
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
biology
computing
engineering
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *med-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *medos
Late Latin modus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Late Latin -ulus
Late Latin modulusder.
Vulgar Latin *modellus
Old Italian modellobor.
Middle French modellebor.
English model
From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
Inflected forms:
form: models
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: modell
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: modell
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: models
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: modeling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: modelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: modeled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: modeled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: modelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: modelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
form: modell
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
pos: noun
examples: Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.
The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.
gloss: A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
pos: noun
gloss: A representation of a physical object.
pos: noun
examples: The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.
The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.
I had my father’s signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.
You have here the models of ſeveral ancient Temples, though the Temples themſelves, and the Gods that vvere vvorſhipped in them, are periſhed many hundred years ago.
gloss: A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
pos: noun
examples: machine learning model
The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
The trouble is, all those well-intentioned scientists who are arguing that we’re not in any imminent danger are basing their arguments on computer models. I’m basing mine on what’s actually happening.
The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.
gloss: A style, type, or design.
pos: noun
examples: we service all makes and models
He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
This year’s model features four doors instead of two.
Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It’s a Buick LaCrosse.
gloss: The structural design of a complex system.
pos: noun
examples: The team developed a sound business model.
gloss: A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: (person) role model
He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow.
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
gloss: An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
pos: noun
gloss: An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
pos: noun
gloss: An organism or species that is used to study an aspect of physiology or pathophysiology or a particular disease; often, a nonhuman one used to approximate processes in humans.
pos: noun
examples: They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model.
They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model.
They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model.
gloss: Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
pos: noun
examples: Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.
gloss: In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
pos: noun
gloss: Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
[...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much more model than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are more model than the farmhouses).
At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather less model than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
It is as model as you can get.
While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are more model than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.
gloss: To display an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
gloss: To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They modelled weather patterns using a computer.
What passenger growth might be achieved by this can be modelled, but experience shows that in the post-COVID environment, accurate modelling is exceptionally difficult.
gloss: To make a miniature model of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
gloss: To create from a substance such as clay.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
gloss: To make a model or models.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To work as a model in art or fashion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
Synonyms: archetype
epitome
example
exemplar
icon
model
paradigm
paragon
pattern
quintessence
template
modelise
modelize
Antonyms: antimodel
copy
derivative
imitation
Related words: mode
module
Derived words: acculturation model
acoustic model
aeromodel
ball-and-stick model
Bertrand-Edgeworth model
Beveridge model
biomodel
Black-Scholes model
block model
bootstrap model
Bouc-Wen model
box model
bumblebee model
cache language model
calotte model
cisternal maturation model
cloverleaf model
cobweb model
computational model
conservative model
Copernican model
countermodel
CPK model
dispersive model
Document Object Model
Dreyfus model
Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
dual-sector model
Duluth model
Ehrenfest model
FK model
floor model
foundation model
Frenkel-Kontorova model
glamor model
halfway model
hand model
Hardy-Weinberg model
hidden Markov model
information deficit model
intermodel
intramodel
Ising model
Jiles-Atherton model
Kripke model
Kuramoto model
language model
large language model
Lewis model
lumped-element model
macromodel
Markov model
mark-to-model
megamodel
meta model
metamodel
meta-model
micromodel
model act
model aircraft
model-based design
model-based testing
model basin
modelbuilding
model building
model car
model card
model checking
model collapse
model-country
model country
model dairy
modeldom
model-driven architecture
model-driven testing
modelesque
model-first
modelhood
model house
modelicious
model implementation
modelisation
modelish
modelization
modelizer
modellable
modelless
modellist
modelly
modelmaker
model maker
modelmaking
model minority
model nation
model number
modelome
modelomic
modelomics
model organism
model railway
model shop
model solution
Model T
model theory
model town
model-view-presenter
model village
multimodel
new-model
Nice model
nonmodel
Nordic model
off-model
Ogden-Roxburgh model
OSI model
palaeomodel
paleomodel
part-whole model
plamodel
plum pudding model
polder model
Preisach model
pseudomodel
Putnam model
quark model
Rasch model
rôle model
Schwarzschild model
ship model basin
sliding filament model
space-filling model
spacefilling model
spaghetti model
split attraction model
spokesmodel
standard model
Standard Model
Standard model
submodel
sub-model
supermodel
Swedish model
tick-tock model
toy model
ubermodel
utility model
wave model
mismodel
modelable
modeler
newmodel
remodel
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: model
lang: Arabic
word: عَارِضُ أَزْيَاءٍ
roman: ʕāriḍu ʔazyāʔin
lang: Arabic
word: مُودِيل
roman: mudīl
lang: Arabic
word: مُودِيل
roman: model
lang: Arabic
word: مودل
roman: mōdil
lang: Arabic
word: عارض أزياء
roman: ʕāriḍ ʔazyāʔ
lang: Armenian
word: բնորդ
roman: bnord
lang: Armenian
word: մոդել
roman: model
lang: Azerbaijani
word: model
lang: Bashkir
word: өлгө
roman: ölgö
lang: Bashkir
word: үрнәк
roman: ürnək
lang: Belarusian
word: мадэ́ль
roman: madélʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: моде́л
roman: modél
lang: Bulgarian
word: моде́лка
roman: modélka
lang: Burmese
word: မော်ဒယ်
roman: maudai
lang: Burmese
word: ဟန်ပြမယ်
roman: hanpra.mai
lang: Catalan
word: model
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 模特兒 /模特儿
roman: mou⁴ dak⁶ ji⁴
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 模特兒 /模特儿
roman: mò-te-lú, ma-tò
lang: Chinese
word: 模特兒 /模特儿
roman: bô͘-te̍k-jî, bô͘-te̍k-lî
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 模特兒 /模特儿
roman: mótèr
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 模特
roman: mótè
lang: Czech
word: model
lang: Czech
word: modelka
lang: Czech
word: manekýn
lang: Czech
word: manekýna
lang: Czech
word: manekýnka
lang: Danish
word: model
lang: Danish
word: fotomodel
lang: Dutch
word: model
lang: Dutch
word: mannequin
lang: Esperanto
word: pozistino
lang: Esperanto
word: pozisto
lang: Faroese
word: fotomodell
lang: Finnish
word: malli
lang: Finnish
word: mannekiini
lang: Finnish
word: valokuvamalli
lang: French
word: mannequin
lang: French
word: modèle
lang: Galician
word: modelo
lang: Georgian
word: მოდელი
roman: modeli
lang: German
word: Model
lang: German
word: Fotomodell
lang: German
word: Mannequin
lang: Greek
word: μοντέλο
roman: montélo
lang: Hebrew
word: דֻּגְמָן \ דוגמן
roman: dugmán
lang: Hebrew
word: דֻּגְמָנִית \ דוגמנית
roman: dugmanít
lang: Hindi
word: माडेल
roman: māḍel
lang: Hindi
word: मॉडल
roman: mŏḍal
lang: Hungarian
word: manöken
lang: Hungarian
word: modell
lang: Icelandic
word: fyrirsæta
lang: Icelandic
word: módel
lang: Indonesian
word: model
lang: Irish
word: mainicín
lang: Irish
word: cuspa
lang: Italian
word: modello
lang: Italian
word: modella
lang: Italian
word: indossatore
lang: Japanese
word: モデル
roman: moderu
lang: Kazakh
word: үлгі
roman: ülgı
lang: Kazakh
word: модель
roman: model
lang: Khmer
word: ម៉ូដែល
roman: moudael
lang: Korean
word: 모델
roman: model
lang: Kyrgyz
word: модель
roman: model
lang: Kyrgyz
word: үлгү
roman: ülgü
lang: Lao
word: ນາງແບບ
roman: nāng bǣp
lang: Macedonian
word: модел
roman: model
lang: Malay
word: peragawan
lang: Malay
word: peragawati
lang: Malay
word: model
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakakite
lang: Mongolian
word: зуруулагч
roman: zuruulagč
lang: Mongolian
word: загвар
roman: zagvar
lang: Mongolian
word: манекен
roman: maneken
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: modell
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: mannekeng
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fotomodell
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: modell
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: mannekeng
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fotomodell
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مانْکَن
roman: mânkan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُدِل
roman: model
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Väabilt
lang: Polish
word: model
lang: Polish
word: modelka
lang: Portuguese
word: modelo
lang: Russian
word: моде́ль
roman: modɛ́lʹ
lang: Slovak
word: model
lang: Slovak
word: modelka
lang: Spanish
word: modelo
lang: Swahili
word: mwanamitindo
lang: Swahili
word: modeli
lang: Swedish
word: modell
lang: Swedish
word: fotomodell
lang: Swedish
word: mannekäng
lang: Tagalog
word: modelo
lang: Tajik
word: мудел
roman: mudel
lang: Thai
word: นางแบบ
roman: naang-bɛ̀ɛp
lang: Thai
word: นายแบบ
roman: naai-bɛ̀ɛp
lang: Thai
word: โมเดล
roman: moo-del
lang: Turkmen
word: model
lang: Ukrainian
word: моде́ль
roman: modélʹ
lang: Urdu
word: ماڈِل
roman: māḍil
lang: Uyghur
word: مودېل
roman: modël
lang: Uzbek
word: model
lang: Vietnamese
word: người mẫu
lang: Welsh
word: model
lang: Dutch
word: model staan
lang: Finnish
word: työskennellä mallina
lang: Hungarian
word: modellkedik
lang: Irish
word: bheith ag mainicíneacht
lang: Italian
word: fare il modello
lang: Italian
word: fare la modella
lang: Spanish
word: modelar