model

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   A person who performs or poses in erotic or pornographic media.

5. 5

   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.
6. 6

   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.
7. 7

   A set of parameters trained on data to perform artificial intelligence tasks such as prediction, classification, or generation.

   • machine learning model
8. 8

   A style, type, or design.

   • we service all makes and models
   • He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
9. 9

   The structural design of a complex system.

   • The team developed a sound business model.
10. 10

    A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

    • Near-synonym: (person) role model
    • He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

syn. archetype · epitome · example · exemplar · icon · model · paradigm · paragon · pattern · quintessence · template

ant. antimodel · copy · derivative · imitation

1. 1

   Worthy of being a model; exemplary.not-comparable

   • [...] 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.

1. 1

   To create or modify something with the traits of an example.transitive

   • Many countries have modeled their constitutions on the U.S. Constitution.
2. 2

   To create from a substance such as clay.transitive

   • The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin.
3. 3

   To make a miniature model of.transitive

   • He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.
4. 4

   To make a model or models.intransitive

5. 5

   To devise a simulation of.transitive

   • They modelled weather patterns using a computer.
6. 6

   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.transitive

   • She modelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
7. 7

   To work as a model in art or fashion.intransitive

   • The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.

syn. modelise · modelize