What is a model?
A model is a simple representation of reality that helps us to understand how something works. But models can also help us to understand unknowns or predict what might happen. So, for example, we can we predict the potential risk to humans from chemicals or contaminants in food. An EFSA scientist explains.
A style or design of an item.
My car is last year's model.
noun
A schematic description or representation of something, especially a system or phenomenon, that accounts for its properties and is used to study its characteristics.
A model of generative grammar; a model of an atom; an economic model.
noun
To model is to create a representation or copy of something, often on a smaller scale, or to base your method of behavior on another person or procedure.
An example of model is when you build a small scale airplane.
An example of model is when you copy your older sibling's behavior.
verb
The definition of a model is a specific design of a product or a person who displays clothes, poses for an artist.
An example of a model is a hatch back version of a car.
An example of a model is a woman who wears a designer's clothes to show them to potential buyers at a fashion show.
noun
One serving as an example to be imitated or compared.
A model of decorum.
