I had my father’s signet in my purse, / Which was themodel of that Danish seal.
a.1720 (date written), [Joseph Addison], “Dialogue I”, inDialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals.[…],[London]:[s.n.], published1726,→OCLC,page23:
You have here themodels of ſeveral ancient Temples, though the Temples themſelves, and the Gods that vvere vvorſhipped in them, are periſhed many hundred years ago.
The computer weathermodel did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, quoting James Lovelock, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, inRolling Stone[1]:
The trouble is, all those well-intentioned scientists who are arguing that we’re not in any imminent danger are basing their arguments on computermodels. I’m basing mine on what’s actually happening.
2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors,Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice[2],Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN, page26:
The fourthmodel is called the enlightmentmodel: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous[sic] groups are considered prototypical for thismodel.
British parliamentary democracy was seen as amodel for other countries to follow.
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, inTrains Illustrated, page714:
Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are amodel to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. Thatmodel is still prevalent today.
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1898, John Thorburn,The St. Andrew's Society of Ottawa: 1846-1897 : sketch, page40:
[...] from the land of your origin, because you demand the claims of those who believe it moremodel than yours, [...]
1932, Nora Fugger, translated by James Austin Galaston,The Glory of the Habsburgs: the Memoirs of Princess Fugger, page35:
Methods of game-preservation in their extensive and well-stocked hunting-grounds were asmodel as the huntsmanlike management of the hunts.
1934, Charles Ryle Fay,Imperial economy and its place in the formation of economic doctrine, 1600-1932, page143:
[...] and we press with special severity on one small country whose agriculture is asmodel as is her way of rural life.
1956, Stephen Rynne,All Ireland, page54:
True, it is an untidy county; the farmhouses are much moremodel than the farms (when we reach Antrim we shall find that the farms are moremodel than the farmhouses).
1961,Blackwood's Magazine, volume289, page525:
At our approach the animals made so much noise that the owners of the hut peered round the door to see what was the matter; outwardly rather lessmodel than the farm, there appeared two ancient Basques, emblematically black-bereted, gnarled [...]
1968,American County Government, volume33, page19:
But not all the exchanges were asmodel as the sergeant. Some of the exchangees showed a rigidity and reluctance to adapt.
1999, Michael D. Williams,Acquisition for the 21st century: the F-22 Development Program, page113:
It is asmodel as you can get.
2002, Uma Anand Segal,A framework for immigration: Asians in the United States, page308:
While Asians have been perceived as the model minority, it is increasingly clear that some Asian groups are moremodel than are others, and even within these model groups, a division exists [...]
2010, Eleanor Coppola,Notes on a Life, page140:
All were neat and well kept which added to the sense that they were moremodel than real.
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(transitive) Todisplay an item on one's body for others to see the potential effect on their own bodies, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model.
Shemodelled the shoes for her friends to appreciate.
(transitive) Todevise a model of (some original), especially to better understand orforecast the original.
2023 June 28, Mel Holley, “A true transport trailblazer?”, inRAIL, number986, page34:
What passenger growth might be achieved by this can bemodelled, but experience shows that in the post-COVID environment, accurate modelling is exceptionally difficult.
1994, Eli Shaul,Folklor de los judios de Turkiya[4], Isis,→ISBN,page152:
En analizando objektivamente la kestion, vemos ke en siguidad de las polimikas entre estos dos jurnalistas, Sabetay Leon, fue atakado juntos sus amigos de su partido komo "vendido" i "dalkavuk", loke no es verdad, visto ke todos los konosemos ke el es unmodel de "dezenteresamiento".
In objectively analysing the question, we see that after the polemics between the journalists, Sabetay Leon was attacked along with his friends of his party as ‘a sellout’ and ‘a bootlicker’, which is untrue, seeing everything that we know of them which is amodel of ‘indifference.’
La lengua de kultura ke el admirava i ke konosia su literatura era el fransez, i esta es la lengua ke el eskojo komomodel para el djudeo espanyol kulto.
The language that he admired and whose literature that he knew was French, and this is the language that he chose as amodel for educated Judezmo.
↑1.01.1“model”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
^“model”, inKamus Etimologi Bahasa Melayu Dewan [The Institute Etymological Dictionary of the Malay Language] (in Malay), 1st edition, Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2024,→ISBN, page511
Ewa Rodek (07.12.2022), “MODEL”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “model”, inGeiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[6], Cardiff: University of Wales Press,→ISBN
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “model”, inGweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al., editors (1950–present), “model”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
