Meaning & Definition of Model in English

1. A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

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

2. A type of product

• "His car was an old model"

3. 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"

4. Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

5. Something to be imitated

• "An exemplar of success"

• "A model of clarity"

• "He is the very model of a modern major general"

6. Someone worthy of imitation

• "Every child needs a role model"

7. A representative form or pattern

• "I profited from his example"

8. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• "She was too fat to be a mannequin"

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

1. Plan or create according to a model or models

2. Form in clay, wax, etc

• "Model a head with clay"

3. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• "We don't know the woman who posed for leonardo so often"

4. Display (clothes) as a mannequin

• "Model the latest fashion"

5. Create a representation or model of

• "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"

6. Construct a model of

• "Model an airplane"

1. Worthy of imitation

• "Exemplary behavior"

• "Model citizens"