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    model
    [ˈmɒd(ə)l]
    noun
    model (noun) · models (plural noun) · the Model (noun)
    1. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original:
      "a model of St Paul's Cathedral" · "a model aeroplane"
    2. a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process to assist calculations and predictions:
      "a statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species" · "a Swiss physiologist has presented a mathematical model to support this study"
    3. a person employed to display clothes by wearing them:
      "Jane was too small to be a model" · "a well-known fashion model"
      • a person employed to pose for an artist, photographer, or sculptor:
        "an artist's model"
        Similar:
        artist's model
        photographic model
    4. a particular design or version of a product:
      "the company revealed their latest model at the Motor Show"
      • a garment or a copy of a garment by a well-known designer:
        "strikes have dogged the production of the models"
        Similar:
        original design
    verb
    model (verb) · models (third person present) · modelled (past tense) · modelled (past participle) · modelling (present participle) · modeled (past tense) · modeled (past participle) · modeling (present participle)
    1. fashion or shape (a three-dimensional figure or object) in a malleable material such as clay or wax:
      "use the icing to model a house"
      • (in drawing or painting) represent so as to appear three-dimensional:
        "the body of the woman to the right is modelled in softer, riper forms"
    2. (model something on/after)
      use (a system, procedure, etc.) as an example to follow or imitate:
      "the research method will be modelled on previous work"
    3. devise a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of (a system or process) to assist calculations and predictions:
      "a computer program that can model the behaviour of smoke"
    4. display (clothes) by wearing them:
      "the clothes were modelled by celebrities"
      • work as a model by displaying clothes or posing for an artist or sculptor:
        "he's been modelling for just two weeks"
        Similar:
        be a model
        take up a position
        assume an attitude
    Origin
    late 16th century (denoting a set of plans of a building): from French modelle, from Italian modello, from an alteration of Latin modulus (see modulus).
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