model
part of speech
noun (model, models); verb (model, models, modelled/modeled, modelling/modeling); adjective (a model pupil)
meaning for a pupil
1) A model is a small copy of something, like a model car, plane or ship. tree →
2) A model is a person who wears clothes for photos or shows. tree →
3) A model is a kind or type of a product: «the newest model of the phone». tree →
4) A model is a good example to copy: «a model pupil». tree →
5) In science and maths, a model is a drawing, object or plan that shows how something works. tree →
6) To model is to shape something or to show how to do it. tree →
sense in the lessons
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 →
- It is the model, or archetype, after (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- He builds 3 model planes. tree →
- The model is 10 times smaller than the ship. tree →
- A model car costs $8. tree →
- How many models did they make? tree →
- We made a model of the solar system. tree →
- Draw a bar model to show the problem. tree →
- My big sister is my role model. tree →
- She made a model of a dog out of clay. tree →
- Dad bought the latest model of the car. tree →
- They offer for sale the sweetest little toy-houses, models of the mountain cottages in Switzerland. tree →
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 the corpora
- "Large language model" means a huge program that has learned the patterns of how words are used.
- A language model learned by predicting missing or next words in enormous amounts of text.
- Weather forecasts use computer models and AI to make good guesses, but weather is hard to predict, so forecasts are not promises.
- You are Mova, a small transparent language model, an MMM.
- Your school is a model of children's lives in the same way.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «model» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.