Real Dictionary

model
a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc [...]
a representation, usually on a smaller scale, of a device, structure, etc [...]
any of the taxonomic groups into which a genus is divided, the members of which are capable of interbreeding: often containing subspecies, varieties, or races. A species is designated in italics by the genus name followed by the specific name, for example
good results; success [...]
the act of predicting [...]
the act or an instance of simulating [...]
the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or value [...]
the manner in which something fits [...]
You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well.
countable noun: A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them.
countable noun: A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results.
countable noun: A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work.
countable noun: A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents.
countable noun: A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it.
countable noun: An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
countable noun: If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree.
verb: If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way.
verb: If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
verb: If someone models, or models clothes, they display them by wearing them.
verb: If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works.
verb: If you model in a substance such as clay or wood, or model shapes or figures, you make them out of that substance.
verb: If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them.