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model

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01adjective

worthy of imitation

“exemplary behavior”

“model citizens”

02noun

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

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

03noun

a type of product

“his car was an old model”

04noun

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

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

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05noun

representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

06noun

something to be imitated

“an exemplar of success”

“a model of clarity”

07noun

someone worthy of imitation

“every child needs a role model”

08noun

a representative form or pattern

“I profited from his example”

09noun

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

“she was too fat to be a mannequin”

10noun

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

11verb

plan or create according to a model or models

12verb

form in clay, wax, etc

“model a head with clay”

13verb

assume a posture as for artistic purposes

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

14verb

display (clothes) as a mannequin

“model the latest fashion”

15verb

create a representation or simulation of

“The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights”

16verb

construct a model in the likeness of

“model an airplane”

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