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1.nounA person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing."The beautiful model had her face on the cover of almost every fashion magazine imaginable."
2.nounA person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show.
3.nounA representation of a physical object, usually in miniature."The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane."
4.nounA simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event."The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane."
5.nounA style, type, or design."He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car."
6.nounThe structural design of a complex system."The team developed a sound business model."
7.nounA successful example to be copied, with or without modifications."British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow."
8.nounAn interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition.
9.nounAn interpretation which makes a set of sentences true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that set.
10.nounAn animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology.
11.nounAny copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
12.nounIn software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data.
13.verbTo display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model"She modelled the shoes for her friends to see."
14.verbTo use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model"They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results."
15.verbTo make a miniature model of"He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes."
16.verbTo create from a substance such as clay"The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin."
17.verbTo make a model or models
18.verbTo be a model of any kind"The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood."
19.adjectiveWorthy of being a model; exemplary.