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new-model

new-model verb: to give a new form to; to remodel.

Verb

new-model (third-person singular simple present new-models, present participle (US) new-modeling or (UK) new-modelling, simple past and past participle (US) new-modeled or (UK) new-modelled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To give a new form to; to remodel.
    • Over and above the oddities I have mentioned, he is so unsteady in his œconomy, that he is always new modelling his affairs, and exhausting his fortune, by laying out ten pounds, in order to save a shilling […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    remodel

Synonyms of new-model

Forms of new-model

third-person singular presentnew-models
present participle USnew-modeling
present participle UKnew-modelling
past participle USnew-modeled
past USnew-modeled
past participle UKnew-modelled
past UKnew-modelled
alternative formnewmodel

Origin of new-model

From new model, apparently with reference to the reorganisation of the English Parliament 1644–45.

Questions about new-model

What does new-model mean?
New-model means to give a new form to; to remodel.
What part of speech is new-model?
New-model is a verb.
What is the past tense of new-model?
The past tense of new-model is new-modeled.

Words near new-model in the dictionary

  1. new-look
  2. new-made
  3. new-make
  4. new-makes
  5. new-making
  6. new-model
  7. new-modeled
  8. new-modeling
  9. new-modelled
  10. new-modelling
  11. new-models

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