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1. A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
   "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
   - theoretical account, framework
    
2. A type of product
   "his car was an old model"
    
3. A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
   "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"
   - poser
    
4. Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
   - simulation
    
5. Something to be imitated
   "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
   - exemplar, example, good example
    
6. Someone worthy of imitation
   "every child needs a role model"
   - role model
    
7. A representative form or pattern
   - example
    
8. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions
   - mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin [non-standard], fashion model
    
9. The act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)
   - modelling [Brit, Cdn], modeling [N. Amer]

1. Plan or create according to a model or models
   - pattern
    
2. Form in clay, wax, etc
   "model a head with clay"
   - mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. Assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   - pose, sit, posture
    
4. Display (clothes) as a mannequin
   "model the latest fashion"
    
5. Create a representation or model of
   - simulate
    
6. Construct a model of
   "model an aeroplane"
   - mock up, prototype

1. Worthy of imitation
   "model citizens"
   - exemplary

Derived forms: modelled, modelling, models

See also: modeling [N. Amer], modeller [Brit, Cdn], modelling [Brit, Cdn], worthy

Type of: assistant, copy, display, exhibit, expose, forge, form, help, helper, hypothesis, ideal, imitate, internal representation, interpret, kind, leader, mental representation, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], possibility, re-create, represent, representation, shape, simulate, sort, supporter, theory, variety, work

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