model English · revision 3458

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1575|origins=la modus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈmɒd.əl/, US /ˈmɑː.dəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|modelle]], modern [[m|fr|modèle]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate) from [[it|modello|t=a model, mould]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from [[la-vul|*modellus]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966) from [[la|modulus|t=a small measure, standard]], a diminutive of [[m|la|modus|t=manner, measure]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) the source of [[mode]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966) from [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to take appropriate measures]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) German [[m|de|Modell]] and Dutch [[m|nl|model]] are from French or Italian.^(Etymonline) Trench points out that the diminutive sense once went constantly with the word.^(Trench 1859)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A likeness made to scale; an architect's set of designs: 1575,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) or 1570 in Merriam-Webster Unabridged.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A person or thing that serves as a pattern to imitate is from 1593^(OED 1989) or the 1630s.^(Etymonline) A three-dimensional representation of a structure is from 1615.^(OED 1989) An artist's model, a living person serving as the type of a figure, is by the 1690s, and a fashion model from 1904.^(Etymonline) A particular design of car is a ''model'' from 1900, as in the ''Model T'' of 1908.^(Etymonline) A simplified description of a system, especially a mathematical one, is from 1913,^(OED 1989) and the verb “to devise a model of” from 1965.^(OED 1989) The verb “to fashion in clay or wax” is from the 1660s,^(Etymonline) and “to display clothes as a fashion model” from 1915.^(Etymonline) The adjective “worthy to serve as an example” is from 1813,^(Etymonline) and ''model railway'' by 1864.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1575 – an architect's designs.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1593 – a pattern to imitate.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1615 – a three-dimensional representation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1690s – an artist's model.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1813 – adjective, exemplary.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1900 – a design of car.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1904 – a fashion model.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1913 – a simplified description of a system.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A small object, usually built to scale, representing a larger one.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A preliminary version from which a final product is made; a style or design of a product: ''the latest model''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A person or thing that serves as an example to imitate.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A person who poses for an artist or photographer; a person who displays clothes.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A schematic description of a system, used to study it.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a model of; to shape in a soft material.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To plan or fashion according to a model.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To display clothes by wearing them.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Serving as a model; worthy of imitation.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[modeler]]

+ * [[remodel]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mode]]

+ * [[module]]

+ * [[modulus]]

+ * [[mould]]

+ * [[modest]]

+ * [[moderate]]

+ * [[modify]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}