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See also: Model, modeł, modèl, módel, and modél

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

model (plural models)

  2. A person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
    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.
  4. A person, usually an attractive male or female, 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.
  6. 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.
  8. A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.
    machine learning model
    The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
    • 2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, quoting James Lovelock, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone‎:
      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.
    • 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice‎, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
      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.
  10. A style, type, or design.
    Coordinate terms: make, marque
    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.
  12. The structural design of a complex system.
    The team developed a sound business model.
  14. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.
    Coordinate term: (person) mentor
    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.
    • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
      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.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
      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.
  16. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
  18. (logic) An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
  20. (biology, medicine) 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.
    Synonym: model organism
    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.
  22. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
  24. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.

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Adjective

model (not comparable)

  1. Worthy of being a model; exemplary.
    Synonym: ideal
    • 1898, John Thorburn, The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page 40:
      [...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it more model than yours, [...]
    • 1932, Nora Fugger, translated by James Austin Galaston, The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page 35:
      Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were as model as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
    • 1934, Charles Ryle Fay, Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page 143:
      [...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is as model as is her way of rural life.
    • 1956, Stephen Rynne, All Ireland, page 54:
      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).
    • 1961, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 289, page 525:
      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 [...]
    • 1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19:
      But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
    • 1999, Michael D. Williams, Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page 113:
      It is as model as you can get.
    • 2002, Uma Anand Segal, A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page 308:
      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 [...]
    • 2010, Eleanor Coppola, Notes on a Life, page 140:
      All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were more model than real.

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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.
  2. (transitive) To devise a model of (some original), especially to better understand or forecast the original.
    They modelled weather patterns using a computer.
    • 2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “A true transport trailblazer?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 34:
      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.
  3. (transitive) To make a miniature model of.
    He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
  4. (transitive) To create from a substance such as clay.
    The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
  5. (intransitive) To make a model or models.
  6. (intransitive) To work as a model in art or fashion.
    The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.

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Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”).

Noun

model m (plural modele, definite modeli, definite plural modelet)

  1. pattern
  2. example
    Synonyms: shembull, mostër

Declension

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

model m (plural models)

  1. model

Noun

model m or f by sense (plural models)

  1. model (person)

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mo‧del

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of Latin modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).

Noun

model

  1. fashion model
  2. model, poser; someone who poses for a photograph or painting
  3. framework
  4. example

Verb

model

  1. to model
  2. to become or work as a fashion model
  3. to pose
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Etymology 2

From the Cebuano phrase mo-deliver ug lunggon (“someone who delivers coffins”).

Noun

model

  1. (colloquial, humorous) a funeral home worker; a funeral director or funeral attendant See usage notes.
Usage notes
  • Used to poke fun at a good-looking or well-dressed person.
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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French modèle (“model”).

Noun

model

  1. model

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Modell.

Noun

model m inan

  1. (art) model (artistic template)
  2. model (reduced-scale template, e.g. scale model)
  3. model (of a car, aircraft, etc.)
    Máte jiný model? ― Do you have another model?
  4. (metallurgy) model, mold
  5. (mathematics) (formal) model
Declension
Declension of model (hard masculine inanimate)
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Descendants

Noun

model m anim (female equivalent modelka)

  1. male model (person who models clothing, or an artist's model)
Declension
Declension of model (hard masculine animate)
More information singular, plural ...

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

model f

  1. genitive plural of modla

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːˈdɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mo‧del
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

model n (plural modellen, diminutive modelletje n)

  1. model (type, design)
  2. model (someone or something serving as an artistic subject)
  3. model (simplified representation)
  4. model (miniature)
  5. model (prototype)
  6. shape, the proper arrangement of something

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: model
  • Negerhollands: modell
  • → Caribbean Javanese: modhèl, modhèlan, modho
  • → Indonesian: model
  • → West Frisian: model
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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch model. Doublet of mode, modern, modul, and modus.

Noun

modèl (plural model-model)

  1. model (a person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion)
    Synonym: peragawan
  2. model (all senses)
Derived terms
  • bermodel (“modeled”)
  • pemodel (“modeler”)
  • pemodelan (“modeling”)
  • permodelan (“modeling, related to modeling”)
  • model ABC (“ABC model”)
  • model atom Bohr (“Bohr atomic model”)
  • model biomedis (“model biomedis”)
  • model biopsikososial (“biopsychosocial model”)
  • model geosentrik (“geocentric model”)
  • model heliosentrik (“heliocentric model”)
  • model kognitif (“cognitive model”)
  • model otot Hill (“Hill's muscle model”)
  • model pangkalan data (“database model”)
  • model prediktif (“predictive model”)
  • model proses (“process model”)
  • model relasional (“relationao model”)
  • model tangan (“hand model”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Musi.

Noun

modèl (plural model-model)

  1. (cooking) a type of pempek filled with tofu and eaten with clear sauce like soup

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