word | prototype |
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definition | (1) An original model on which something is patterned. (2) A first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design. |
eg_sentence | There was great excitement when, after years of top-secret development, the prototype of the new Stealth bomber first took to the skies. |
explanation | A prototype is someone or something that serves as a model or inspiration. A successful fund-raising campaign can serve as a prototype for future campaigns, for example, and the legendary Robin Hood is the prototypical honorable outlaw, the inspiration for countless other romantic heroes. But the term is perhaps most widely used in the world of technology; every new “concept car,” for example, starts off as a unique prototype |
IPA | ˈproʊtoʊˌtaɪp |
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