English dictionary
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English adjective: model | |||
| 1. | model worthy of imitation | ||
| Samples | Exemplary behavior. Model citizens. | ||
| Synonyms | exemplary | ||
| Similar | worthy | ||
| Antonyms | unworthy | ||
English noun: model | |||
| 1. | model (cognition) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | ||
| Samples | The computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems. | ||
| Synonyms | framework, theoretical account | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hypothesis, possibility, theory | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | computer simulation, Copernican system, M-theory, mean sun, Ptolemaic system, simulation, stochastic process, string theory | ||
| 2. | model (cognition) a type of product | ||
| Samples | His car was an old model. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, kind, sort, variety | ||
| 3. | model (person) a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor | ||
| Samples | The president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos. | ||
| Synonyms | poser | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assistant, help, helper, supporter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | artist's model, dressmaker's model, photographer's model, sitter | ||
| 4. | model (artifact) representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) | ||
| Synonyms | simulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | figure, globe, mock-up, planetarium, restoration, roughcast | ||
| 5. | model (cognition) something to be imitated | ||
| Samples | An exemplar of success. A model of clarity. He is the very model of a modern major general. | ||
| Synonyms | example, exemplar, good example | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ideal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beaut, beauty, pacemaker, pacesetter, pattern, prodigy | ||
| 6. | model (person) someone worthy of imitation | ||
| Samples | Every child needs a role model. | ||
| Synonyms | role model | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leader | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apotheosis, fashion arbiter, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint, taste-maker, trend-setter | ||
| 7. | model (cognition) a representative form or pattern | ||
| Samples | I profited from his example. | ||
| Synonyms | example | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | internal representation, mental representation, representation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | archetype, epitome, guide, holotype, image, loadstar, lodestar, microcosm, original, paradigm, pilot, prefiguration, prototype, template, templet, type specimen | ||
| 8. | model (person) a woman who wears clothes to display fashions | ||
| Samples | She was too fat to be a mannequin. | ||
| Synonyms | fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assistant, help, helper, supporter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | supermodel | ||
| 9. | model (act) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | ||
| Synonyms | modeling, modelling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | representation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | simulation | ||
English verb: model | |||
| 1. | model (creation) plan or create according to a model or models | ||
| Synonyms | pattern | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | copy, imitate, simulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | scale, sovietise, sovietize | ||
| 2. | model (creation) form in clay, wax, etc | ||
| Samples | Model a head with clay. | ||
| Examples | Did he model his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Synonyms | mold, mould | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | ||
| Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | ||
| 3. | model (perception) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | ||
| Samples | We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often. | ||
| Synonyms | pose, posture, sit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, exhibit, expose | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ramp | ||
| Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | ||
| 4. | model (perception) display (clothes) as a mannequin | ||
| Samples | Model the latest fashion. | ||
| Examples | They model the cape | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | display, exhibit, expose | ||
| 5. | model (creation) create a representation or model of | ||
| Samples | The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights. | ||
| Synonyms | simulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | re-create | ||
| 6. | model (creation) construct a model of | ||
| Samples | Model an airplane. | ||
| Synonyms | mock up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interpret, represent | ||
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