Model meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

2. Noun

Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.

3. Noun

Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.

4. Noun

That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.

5. Noun

Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

6. Noun

A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.

7. Adjective

Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.

8. Verb

To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.

9. Verb

To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

10. noun

A system that represents patterns and can be used to make predictions or outputs.

A simplified representation learned or constructed to describe, predict or generate outcomes.

11. Noun

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"

Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

12. Noun

a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example"

Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

13. Noun

a type of product; "his car was an old model"

Vocabulary classified under Art and design