Model Working Architect Produced Scale Proposed Shopping Person

• a working model (= one in which the parts move) of a fire engine
• a model aeroplane
• the architect had produced a scale model of the proposed shopping complex.
• the latest models will be on display at the motor show.

model

1. a copy of something, usually smaller than the original object
• a working model (= one in which the parts move) of a fire engine
• a model aeroplane
• The architect had produced a scale model of the proposed shopping complex.
2. a particular design or type of product
• The latest models will be on display at the motor show.
3. a simple description of a system, used for explaining how something works or calculating what might happen, etc.
• a mathematical model for determining the safe level of pesticides in food
4. something such as a system that can be copied by other people
• The nation's constitution provided a model that other countries followed.
5. a person or thing that is considered an excellent example of something
• see also role model
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• It was a model of clarity.
• a model student
• a model farm (= one that has been specially designed to work well)
6. a person whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes and be photographed wearing them
• a fashion model
• a male model
7. a way of running a business, based on a particular way of getting the money you need and identifying and reaching your customers; a type of business model
• They may abandon the traditional cooperative model.
• Under a subscription model, consumers will typically pay a monthly fee to access the online library.
8. a person who is employed to be painted, drawn, photographed, etc. by an artist or photographer

Extra Examples

• Later that year, IBM released a similar model at a lower price.
• She developed a computer model to help farmers with pest control.
• She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.
• She was a model of restraint.
• Successful schools must be used as models for the rest.
• The book fits the classic model of a postmodern narrative.
• The model sits for me for three hours every day.
• The tape provides a model for students to copy.
• They do several other models of washing machine.
• They offer an alternative model of married life.
• They’re recalling their new model for modifications to the engine.
• We follow a simple accounting model.
• the standard economic model of supply and demand
• He’s a model student.
• Her essay was a model of clarity.
• I used to build model aeroplanes.
• The architect had produced a scale model of the proposed shopping complex
• The nation’s constitution provided a model that other countries followed.
• They have a working model of a water mill.
• a mathematical model for determining the safe level of pesticides in food
• a model farm

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (denoting a set of plans of a building): from French modelle, from Italian modello, from an alteration of Latin modulus ‘measure’, diminutive of modus.