1. model - Noun
2. model - Adjective
3. model - Verb
4. model - Adjective Satellite
A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
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.
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.
That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.
Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
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.
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either. Steve Ballmer
When you take the UNCF model that, what a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very wasteful, how true that is. Dan Quayle
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. Gregory Bateson
Each person must live their life as a model for others. Rosa Parks
Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. Vincent van Gogh
New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city. Lewis Mumford