model
/ˈmɑ.dl̩/ noun A2- A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist. · Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.
- A person who wears and showcases clothing, accessories, or cosmetics to promote or display them to an audience. · The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.· My mother was a hand model when she was young.
- A person, usually attractive, who is hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items that are given away as prizes on a TV game show.
- A person who performs or poses in erotic or pornographic media.
- A representation of a physical object. · The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.· The biology teacher passed a large plastic model of the atomic structure of DNA around the classroom.
- A simulation used to analyze the workings of a real world system or event. · The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
- A set of parameters trained on data to perform artificial intelligence tasks such as prediction, classification, or generation. · machine learning model
- A style, type, or design. · we service all makes and models· He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
Plural models
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“Certainly; I see you are a model Mentor,” said Albert “Good-bye, we shall return on Sunday.
Franz presented Albert as one of the most distinguished young men of the day, both as regarded his position in society and extraordinary talents; nor did he say more than the truth, for in Paris and the circle in which the viscount moved, he was looked upon and cited as a model of perfection.
She could have posed as a model for the self-respecting working girl of the best type.
It was a wax-coloured model of my friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile.
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