model – English noun declension

English noun forms of model

Noun: model
Singularmodel
Pluralmodels

Sample Sentences

  • Leonardo da Vinci chose a 15th century criminal as a model for Judas in his painting The Last Supper.
  • The supersize model displayed the latest summer shorts fashion, tactfully representing similarly overweight teenagers.
  • 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.
  • I had my father’s signet in my purse, / Which was the model of that Danish seal. [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:]
  • You have here the models of ſeveral ancient Temples, though the Temples themſelves, and the Gods that vvere vvorſhipped in them, are periſhed many hundred years ago. [a. 1720 (date written), [Joseph Addison], “Dialogue I”, in Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. […], [London]: [s.n.], published 1726, →OCLC, page 23:]
  • machine learning model
  • The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane.
  • The trouble is, all those well-intentioned scientists who are arguing that we’re not in any imminent danger are basing their arguments on computer models. I’m basing mine on what’s actually happening. [2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, quoting James Lovelock, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone:]
  • The fourth model is called the enlightment model: 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 this model. [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, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:]
  • we service all makes and models
  • He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car.
  • This year’s model features four doors instead of two.
  • Q: What make and model of car do you drive? A: It’s a Buick LaCrosse.
  • The team developed a sound business model.
  • Near-synonym: (person) role model
  • He was a model of eloquence and virtue.
  • British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow.
  • Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model 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. [1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:]
  • 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. That model is still prevalent today. [2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:]
  • They studied fasting and glycemia in a mouse model.
  • They studied Mendelian inheritance in a fruit fly model.
  • They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model.
  • Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was the model of thy father's life. [1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *med-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-os
4. Proto-Italic *medos
5. Latin modus
6. Proto-Indo-European *-lós
7. Proto-Indo-European *-elós
8. Proto-Italic *-elos
9. Latin -ulus
10. Late Latin modulusder.
11. Vulgar Latin *modellus
12. Old Italian modellobor.
13. Middle French modellebor.
14. English model
15. From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.

Verbs referencing "model"

German Nouns Model.