model

mod|el1 [ `madl ] noun count ***

▸ 1 small copy of something

▸ 2 someone who shows clothes

▸ 3 for artist/photographer

▸ 4 something people should copy

▸ 5 good example of quality

▸ 6 type of vehicle/machine

▸ 7 statement how something works

1. ) a small copy of something such as a building, vehicle, or machine:

model of: The exhibit included a model of the Golden Gate Bridge made from matchsticks.

working model: a working model of a train

scale model: They built a scale model of the new sports arena.

2. ) a person whose job is to appear in magazines or fashion shows wearing clothes or makeup (=colors for the lips and face) for sale, so that people will want to buy them:

A lot of models look far too thin.

fashion model: Ella wants to be a fashion model.

3. ) someone whose job is to be drawn or painted by an artist or photographed by a photographer:

a nude model

4. ) something such as a system that is so good that people should copy it:

Many countries have shown an interest in the Chinese farming model.

model for: The system has been used as a model for other organizations.

5. ) someone or something that is a good example of a particular quality:

model of: Melissa was a model of good manners.

The school was a model of excellence.

6. ) a particular type of vehicle or machine that a company makes:

I'm going to replace my car with a newer model.

7. ) a simple technical description of how something works:

Chapter 5 presents an alternative model for the country's economic structure.

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mod|el 2 [ `madl ] (present participle mod|el|ing or mod|el|ling; past tense and past participle mod|eled or mod|elled) verb **

▸ 1 show clothes (as job)

▸ 2 be drawn/photographed

▸ 3 copy way of doing something

▸ 4 describe how something works

▸ 5 make small objects

1. ) intransitive or transitive to show clothes by wearing them at FASHION SHOWS, in magazine photographs, etc., especially as a job:

David is modeling a gray suit by Armani.

2. ) intransitive to allow an artist or photographer to draw, paint, or photograph you, especially as your job

3. ) transitive often passive to copy a way of doing something or a system:

model something after something: We're going to model the grounds after Claude Monet's gardens.

model something on something: Their economic structure is closely modeled on the Communist system.

a ) model yourself on/after someone to copy the way someone behaves because you admire them

4. ) transitive to produce a simple technical description to show how something such as a process, system, or theory works:

Scientists have used computers to model environmental changes.

5. ) transitive to make small objects from clay, wood, etc.:

model something into something: She modeled some clay into a little rabbit.

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mod|el 3 [ `madl ] adjective only before noun *

1. ) a model aircraft, boat, etc. is a small copy of a real one

2. ) a model student, husband, etc. behaves in the way a perfect student, husband, etc. would behave:

He was a model prisoner.

She's hardly a model citizen.

a ) a model farm, school, etc. has been designed to show what a perfect farm, school, etc. would be like:

a model prison