model
Syllables: mod·elUK/ˈmɒd.l̩//ˈmɑ.dl̩/
model noun: a person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
Noun
model (plural models)
- A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
- Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.
- A person who wears and showcases clothing, accessories, or cosmetics to promote or display them to an audience.
- The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.
- My mother was a hand model when she was young.
- 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.
- A person who performs or poses in erotic or pornographic media.
- A representation of a physical object.
- 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.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
- 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.2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, quoting James Lovelock, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone
- A set of parameters trained on data to perform artificial intelligence tasks such as prediction, classification, or generation.
- machine learning model
- A style, type, or design.
- we service all makes and models
- He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
- The structural design of a complex system.
- The team developed a sound business model.
- A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
- Near-synonym: (person) role model
- He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
- Synonyms:
- role model
- An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
- An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
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- 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.
- They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model.
- They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model.
- Synonyms:
- model organism
- Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
- Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
Adjective
model (not comparable)
- Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
- [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40
- Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.1932, Nora Fugger, translated by James Austin Galaston, The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35
- Synonyms:
- ideal
Verb
model (third-person singular simple present models, present participle (US) modeling or (UK) modelling, simple past and past participle (US) modeled or (UK) modelled)
- 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.
- She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
- To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
- 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.2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “A true transport trailblazer?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 34
- Synonyms:
- pattern
- To make a miniature model of.
- He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
- To create from a substance such as clay.
- The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
- To make a model or models.
- To work as a model in art or fashion.
- The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.
Proper noun capitalized: Model
Model
- A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
model meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
model in Hindi
- person
- माडेल māḍel, मॉडल mŏḍal
- praiseworthy example
- आदर्श ādarś
model in Tamil
- போல்மம், மாதிரி, அமைப்பு, கருதுகோள், படிமம், உருவகம்
model in Marathi
- model, example
- आदर्श ādarśa
model in Urdu
- person
- ماڈِل māḍil
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- model in Bengali
- মডেল, আদর্শ, নকশা, প্যাটার্ন
- model in Telugu
- మచ్చు maccu, ఆదర్శము ādarśamu
- model in Malayalam
- മാതൃക mātr̥ka
- model in Kannada
- ನಮೂನೆ namūne
- model in Punjabi
- ਮਿਸਾਲ misāl, ਆਦਰਸ਼ ādarś, ਨਮੂਨਾ namūnā, ਢਾਂਚਾ ḍhāñcā
- model in Gujarati
- મોડેલ, મોડલ
- model in Odia
- ନମୁନା namunā
- model in Sanskrit
- न्याय nyāya
- model in Assamese
- আৰ্হি arhi
- model in Nepali
- मोडेल, मोडल, नमुना
- model in Pashto
- نښه náx̌a
- model in Tagalog
- modelo, hulwaran
- model in Arabic
- عَارِضُ أَزْيَاءٍ ʕāriḍu ʔazyāʔin, مُودِيل mudīl, نَمُوذَج namūḏaj, نَمُوذَج مُصَغَّر namūḏaj muṣaḡḡar
- model in Malay
- peragawan, peragawati, model
- model in Indonesian
- model
- model in Thai
- นางแบบ naang-bɛ̀ɛp, นายแบบ naai-bɛ̀ɛp, โมเดล moo-del, แบบจำลอง bɛ̀ɛp-jam-lɔɔng
- model in Vietnamese
- người mẫu
- model in Myanmar
- မော်ဒယ် maudai, ဟန်ပြမယ် hanpra.mai
Examples of model in a sentence
- 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.
- British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow.
- They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model.
- I had my father’s signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies...
- 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.a. 1720 (date written), [Joseph Addison], “Dialogue I”, in Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. […], [London]: [s.n.]...
Synonyms of model
5 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- paragon
- quintessence
- template
- modelise
- modelize
Antonyms
Forms of model
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | models |
| alternative form | modell |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | models |
| present participle US | modeling |
| present participle UK | modelling |
| past participle US | modeled |
| past US | modeled |
| past participle UK | modelled |
| past UK | modelled |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from model
- 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
- display 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
Phrases with model
- Model T
- model car
- OSI model
- toy model
- Bohr model
- data model
- late model
- model card
- model cars
- model shop
- model town
- Nice model
98 more phrasesFewer phrases
- role model
- rôle model
- tree model
- view model
- wave model
- color model
- model basin
- model cards
- model dairy
- model house
- model maker
- model shops
- model towns
- Potts model
- quark model
- Rasch model
- scale model
- solid model
- world model
- mental model
- model basins
- model makers
- model nation
- model number
- model theory
- monkey model
- Nordic model
- patent model
- polder model
- Putnam model
- runway model
- economy model
- fashion model
- fitness model
- glamour model
- mark to model
- model country
- model dairies
- model nations
- model numbers
- model railway
- model village
- Swedish model
- utility model
- abstract model
- business model
- computer model
- database model
- dog-flea model
- marks to model
- model aircraft
- model building
- model collapse
- model minority
- model organism
- model railways
- model solution
- model villages
- Preisach model
- standard model
- marked to model
- model countries
- model organisms
- model solutions
- spaghetti model
- tick-tock model
- waterfall model
- commercial model
- marking to model
- model minorities
- part-whole model
- production model
- relational model
- Rutherford model
- scientific model
- ship model basin
- water-line model
- information model
- ship model basins
- mathematical model
- meaning-text model
- plum pudding model
- spacefilling model
- Watson-Crick model
- Schwarzschild model
- space-filling model
- Dixit-Stiglitz model
- model implementation
- Ogden-Roxburgh model
- small language model
- model implementations
- Randall-Sundrum model
- Rutherford-Bohr model
- sliding filament model
- split attraction model
- arbitrage pricing model
- entity-relationship model
- enterprise architecture model
Words that rhyme with model
Questions about model
- What does model mean?
- Model means a person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
- What is model in Hindi?
- Model in Hindi is माडेल (māḍel), मॉडल (mŏḍal), आदर्श (ādarś). See Model meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use model in a sentence?
- This year’s model features four doors instead of two.
- What part of speech is model?
- Model can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce model?
- Model is pronounced /ˈmɒd.l̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of model?
- The plural of model is models.
Words near model in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: model (page history and authors); Model (page history and authors); model (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आदर्श (Marathi) (page history and authors); model (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆదర్శము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ನಮೂನೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਆਦਰਸ਼ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); model (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ନମୁନା (Odia) (page history and authors); আৰ্হি (Assamese) (page history and authors); model (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); نښه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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