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MODEL

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Irregular inflected forms: modelled    , modelling   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

Synonyms:

model; modeling; modelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

simulation (the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training))

Derivation:

model (form in clay, wax, etc)

model (construct a model of)

model (plan or create according to a model or models)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

Synonyms:

model; simulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

figure (a model of a bodily form (especially of a person))

globe (a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)

mock-up (full-scale working model of something built for study or testing or display)

planetarium (an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems)

restoration (a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.)

roughcast (a rough preliminary model)

Derivation:

model (form in clay, wax, etc)

model (construct a model of)

model (plan or create according to a model or models)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A type of product

Example:

his car was an old model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

Example:

the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems

Synonyms:

framework; model; theoretical account

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

computer simulation; simulation ((computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program)

mean sun (a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds)

Copernican system ((astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun)

Ptolemaic system ((astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center)

M-theory ((particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong)

string theory ((particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings)

stochastic process (a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time))

Derivation:

model (create a representation or model of)

model (plan or create according to a model or models)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something to be imitated

Example:

he is the very model of a modern major general

Synonyms:

example; exemplar; good example; model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

prodigy (an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality)

pattern (a model considered worthy of imitation)

pacemaker; pacesetter (a leading instance in its field)

beaut; beauty (an outstanding example of its kind)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A representative form or pattern

Example:

I profited from his example

Synonyms:

example; model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

loadstar; lodestar (something that serves as a model or guide)

epitome; image; paradigm; prototype (a standard or typical example)

holotype; type specimen (the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made)

microcosm (a miniature model of something)

archetype; original; pilot (something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies)

guide; template; templet (a model or standard for making comparisons)

prefiguration (an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come)

Derivation:

model (plan or create according to a model or models)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A woman who wears clothes to display fashions

Example:

she was too fat to be a mannequin

Synonyms:

fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

supermodel (a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity)

Derivation:

model (display (clothes) as a mannequin)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

Example:

the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos

Synonyms:

model; poser

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

artist's model; sitter (a person who poses for a painter or sculptor)

dressmaker's model (someone who models dresses)

photographer's model (a model who poses for photographers)

Derivation:

model (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Someone worthy of imitation

Example:

every child needs a role model

Synonyms:

model; role model

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("model" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "model"):

apotheosis; ideal; nonesuch; nonpareil; nonsuch; paragon; saint (model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal)

fashion arbiter; taste-maker; trend-setter (someone who popularizes a new fashion)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worthy of imitation

Example:

model citizens

Synonyms:

exemplary; model

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form in clay, wax, etc

Example:

model a head with clay

Synonyms:

model; mold; mould

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he model his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

modelling (a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied)

modeling (sculpture produced by molding)

modeling (a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied)

model (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))

model (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Construct a model of

Example:

model an airplane

Synonyms:

mock up; model

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

model (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))

model (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))

modeler (a person who creates models)

modeling (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))

modeller (a person who creates models)

modelling (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Create a representation or model of

Example:

The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights

Synonyms:

model; simulate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

re-create (create anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

model (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Plan or create according to a model or models

Synonyms:

model; pattern

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "model"):

scale (pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard)

sovietise; sovietize (model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

model (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))

model (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))

model (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process)

model (a representative form or pattern)

modeler; modeller (a person who creates models)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Display (clothes) as a mannequin

Example:

model the latest fashion

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They model the cape

Derivation:

model (a woman who wears clothes to display fashions)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Assume a posture as for artistic purposes

Example:

We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often

Synonyms:

model; pose; posture; sit

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "model" is one way to...):

display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "model"):

ramp (be rampant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

model (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This gene plays a role in both signaling and cytoskeletal modeling.

(BAIAP2L1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

An epithelial cell that occurs in human disease or in models of human disease.

(Abnormal Epithelial Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Using an improved model of how energy would flow throughout the planet and radiate back into space, researchers find that the night side of the planet is not as cool as previously thought.

(Lava or Not, Exoplanet 55 Cancri e Likely to have Atmosphere, NASA)

The models review two possible orbits: one tidally locked and one modeled after Mercury's, with a slow-rotating three days per year.

(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)

But I would really advise you to make your purchase in that neighbourhood, and take Pemberley for a kind of model.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

"With sophisticated computer models, we can understand what happens with every single water molecule in a very, very small droplet."

(Scientists probe the limits of ice, National Science Foundation)

This strain develops spontaneous prostate cancer with age and is used as a rat model of human prostate cancer in biomedical research.

(ACI/Seg, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

An animal model which develops cancer or can be used to generate a model that develops cancer.

(Animal Cancer Model, NCI Thesaurus)

To reach their conclusions, researchers built a model to replicate conditions on Titan.

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

This agent is shown to act synergistically with chemotherapeutic drugs in multiple cancer models.

(Anti-human GITR Monoclonal Antibody TRX518, NCI Thesaurus)