Meaning

15 senses
  1. A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.

    Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.

    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

  2. A person who wears and showcases clothing, accessories, or cosmetics to promote or display them to an audience.

    The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.

    My mother was a hand model when she was young.

    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

  3. A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.

  4. A person who performs or poses in erotic or pornographic media.

  5. A representation of a physical object.

    The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.

    The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.

    Modell

    моде́льmodɛ́lʹ, маке́тmakét

    моде́льmodélʹ, маке́тmakét

    representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

  6. A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event.

    The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.

    Model, Modell

    моде́льmodɛ́lʹ

  7. A set of parameters trained on data to perform artificial intelligence tasks such as prediction, classification, or generation.

    machine learning model

  8. A style, type, or design.

    we service all makes and models

    He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.

    Modell

    моде́льmodɛ́lʹ, фасо́нfasón

    a type of product

  9. The structural design of a complex system.

    The team developed a sound business model.

    Modell

    моде́льmodɛ́lʹ, шабло́нšablón

  10. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.

    Near-synonym: (person) role model

    He was a model of eloquence and virtue.

    Modell, Vorbild

    образе́цobrazéc, этало́нetalón

  11. An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.

  12. An interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.

Examples

563 sentences
  1. Mary is a plus-sized model.

    Мері — модель розміру "плюс".

    ruМэри - модель "plus-size".

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  2. Tom used to date a model.

    Том колись зустрічався з моделлю.

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  3. A model must have an attractive body.

    Модель повинна мати привабливе тіло.

    ruУ модели должно быть привлекательное тело.

    deEin Model muss einen attraktiven Körper haben.

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  4. I used to dream about becoming a model.

    Я мріяла стати моделлю.

    ruЯ мечтала стать моделью.

    deFrüher träumte ich davon, ein Model zu werden.

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  5. Is this new model available on the market?

    Ця нова модель вже є на ринку?

    ruЭта новая модель доступна на рынке?

    deIst dieses neue Modell auf dem Markt erhältlich?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person:
simplified representation:
Русский
By meaning 5
person:
simplified representation:
style:
structural design:
praiseworthy example:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
person:
simplified representation:
praiseworthy example:

Origin

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminut

From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

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Forms

plural: models
Singularmodel
Pluralmodels

regular

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

97 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • role model
  • model plane
  • good role model
  • bad role model
  • model airplane
  • is a model
  • a model student
  • a model plane
  • a model airplane
  • made a model
  • a model train
  • new model

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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