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# model

«model» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (model, models); verb (model, models, modelled/modeled, modelling/modeling); adjective (a model pupil)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m1)

2) A model is a person who wears clothes for photos or shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m2)

3) A model is a kind or type of a product: «the newest model of the phone». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m3)

4) A model is a good example to copy: «a model pupil». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m4)

5) In science and maths, a model is a drawing, object or plan that shows how something works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m5)

6) To model is to shape something or to show how to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

things built or counted; a smaller copy at a scale; in science: a model of the solar system or a volcano; in maths: bar models and place-value models to show a problem; in art: modelling clay; phrases: «role model», «scale model», «model answer»

### examples

- He builds 3 model planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x1)
- The model is 10 times smaller than the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x2)
- A model car costs $8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x3)
- How many models did they make? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x4)
- We made a model of the solar system. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x5)
- Draw a bar model to show the problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x6)
- My big sister is my role model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x7)
- She made a model of a dog out of clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x8)
- Dad bought the latest model of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x9)
- They offer for sale the sweetest little toy-houses, models of the mountain cottages in Switzerland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x10)

### note

Often counted; «times smaller» means divide the real size. A scale of 1 to 10 means the real thing is 10 times bigger. Spelling: modelled (UK) / modeled (US).

### In the corpora

- ["Large language model" means a huge program that has learned the patterns of how words are used.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/6/)
- [A language model learned by predicting missing or next words in enormous amounts of text.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/7/)
- [Weather forecasts use computer models and AI to make good guesses, but weather is hard to predict, so forecasts are not promises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/9/)
- [You are Mova, a small transparent language model, an MMM.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/26-who-you-are-mova/1/)
- [Your school is a model of children's lives in the same way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/26-who-you-are-mova/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «model» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.