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Past tense of model

regular verb

The past tense of model is modeled or modelled. The past participle is also modeled or modelled.

Forms of model

Base form (V1)model /ˈmɒd.l̩/
Past tense (V2)modeled
modelled
Past participle (V3)modeled
modelled
Present participlemodeling
Third person singularmodels /ˈmɒd.l̩z/

Modeled and modelled in a sentence

  • She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
  • They modelled weather patterns using a computer.
  • These were stored at the Mouseion, a shrine to the Muses modeled after Aristotle’s Lyceum.2026 July 8, Rose Horowitch, “The End of Reading Is Here”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic…. From the entry Mouseion
  • Some barbutes, such as the one shown, appear to have been modeled on ancient Greek helmets.2018, Paul B. Newman, Daily Life in the Middle Ages, McFarland, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry barbute
  • Thus looking at modeled surface air temperatures versus measured global land-ocean surface temperatures is an apples-to-oranges comparison.2016 July 5, Dana Nuccitelli, “New research: climate may be more sensitive and situation more dire”, in The Guardian. From the entry apples to oranges

Meaning of model

  1. noun A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
  2. noun A person who wears and showcases clothing, accessories, or cosmetics to promote or display them to an audience.
  3. noun 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.

Full definition of model

Questions about the past tense of model

What is the past tense of model?
The past tense of model is modeled or modelled.
What is the past participle of model?
The past participle of model is modeled or modelled.
Is model a regular or irregular verb?
Model is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: model (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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