MODELLING Synonyms

• the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

• concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

• the act that results in something coming to be

• the act of creating something by casting it in a mold

• a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

• a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

• sculpture produced by molding

• a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

• any process serving to define the shape of something

• the act of fabricating something in a particular shape

• forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning

• take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

• be representative or typical for

• be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute

• serve as a means of expressing something

• be typical of

• form or compose

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• create an image or likeness of

• play a role or part

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality

• point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance

• bring forward and present to the mind

• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• reproduce someone's behavior or looks

• create a representation or simulation of

• make a pretence of

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a representative form or pattern

• something to be imitated

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• an occurrence of something

• a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

• something to be imitated

• worthy of imitation

• being or serving as an illustration of a type

• serving to warn

• a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

• the underlying structure

• a structure supporting or containing something

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior

• a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

• a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

• a life-size dummy used to display clothes

• sculpture produced by molding

• a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

• the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

• loose soil rich in organic matter

• the process of becoming mildewed

• a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

• a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

• a distinctive nature, character, or type

• sculpture produced by molding

• form in clay, wax, etc

• become moldy; spoil due to humidity

• form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

• make something, usually for a specific function

• fit tightly, follow the contours of

• shape or influence; give direction to

• loose soil rich in organic matter

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• the process of becoming mildewed

• a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

• a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

• a distinctive nature, character, or type

• sculpture produced by molding

• container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

• form in clay, wax, etc

• form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

• make something, usually for a specific function

• a perceptual structure

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• a decorative or artistic work

• something regarded as a normative example

• a model considered worthy of imitation

• something intended as a guide for making something else

• the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport

• graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

• plan or create according to a model or models

• form a pattern

• affected manners intended to impress others

• a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes

• a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

• offer for others to consider

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

• behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• be a mystery or bewildering to