model

model
1 noun (C)
1 SMALL COPY a small copy of a building, vehicle, machine etc, especially one that can be put together from separate parts: He enjoys making airplane models.
(+ of): They brought us a little model of the TajMahal. | working model (=one in which the parts move): a working model of a steam engine
2 FASHION someone whose job is to show clothes, hair styles etc by wearing them and being photographed: a top fashion model | a male model
3 ART someone who is employed by an artist or photographer to be painted or photographed
4 GOOD/SPECIAL PERSON someone you should imitate because of their good qualities or behaviour
(+ of): As a politician, she was a model of integrity and decency. | role model (=someone that you try to copy because they have qualities you would like to have): A woman teacher can become a role model for female students.
5 GOOD/SUCCESSFUL THING a way of doing something that is successful or useful and therefore worth copying
(+ of): Scarman's report is a model of fairness and clarity. | The science of astronomy was developed first and became a model for the other sciences.
6 DESCRIPTION a simple description of a system or structure that is used to help people understand similar systems or structures: a computer model of the main factors determining a company's market share
7 TYPE OF CAR ETC a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine: the cheapest model in the Volkswagen range. | latest model (=the newest design produced by a company): Our dishwasher is the latest model.
2 adjective
1 model airplane/train/car etc a small copy of an airplane etc, especially one that a child can play with or put together from separate parts
2 model wife/employee/student etc someone who behaves like a perfect wife, employee etc: His lawyers tried to show him as a model husband and father.
3 model prison/farm/school etc a prison etc that has been specially designed or organized to be as good as possible
3 verb modelled, modelling BrE modeled, modeling AmE
1 (I, T) to wear clothes in order to show them to possible buyers: She's modeling Donna Karan's fall collection of skirts.
2 model yourself on to try to be like someone else because you admire them: Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.
3 be modelled on to be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something: Their education system is modelled on the French one.
4 (T) to make small objects from materials such as wood or clay: She was modeling the plasticine into little animal figures.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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