English dictionary
model
adjectivePronunciation
ˈmɒdl̩
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- worthy of imitation
noun
- the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
noun
- representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
noun
- a type of product
noun
- a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
noun
- something to be imitated
noun
- a representative form or pattern
noun
- a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
noun
- a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
noun
- someone worthy of imitation
verb
- form in clay, wax, etc
verb
- construct a model in the likeness of
verb
- create a representation or simulation of
verb
- plan or create according to a model or models
verb
- display (clothes) as a mannequin
verb
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Example sentences
exemplary behavior
model citizens
his car was an old model
the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems
an exemplar of success
a model of clarity
he is the very model of a modern major general
I profited from his example
she was too fat to be a mannequin
the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos
every child needs a role model
model a head with clay
model an airplane
The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
model the latest fashion
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often