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# model

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

«model» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship. [tree →](https://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://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://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#m6)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x1)
- The model is 10 times smaller than the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x2)
- A model car costs $8. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x3)
- How many models did they make? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x4)
- We made a model of the solar system. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x5)
- Draw a bar model to show the problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x6)
- My big sister is my role model. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x7)
- She made a model of a dog out of clay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/#x8)
- Dad bought the latest model of the car. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The letters are taken as a pattern or archetype from which things are made. Sefer Yetzirah says the double letters show opposites such as soft and hard, strength and weakness. In the primary 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

- The \[33\] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/model/#x1)
- It is the model, or archetype, after (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/model/#x2)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «model» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/model/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«model» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/model.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «model» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/model/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«model» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/model.html) on Mova free.