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viable
Adjective
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When something is viable, it can be done or used.
Jamie came up with a viable plan for getting all of her work done before her vacation.
If there is a fire, that door will not be a viable exit. It is locked from the outside and we will not be able to get it open.
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When something is viable, it can work out well. It can be successful.
The two countries were determined to work out a viable peace deal to stop the war.
Although he disagreed with everybody else's plans for the project, he could not suggest a more viable plan.
The boss decided that Mai was the most viable candidate for the job, since she spoke six different languages and had been working longer than the other candidate.
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When something or someone is viable, it can live or survive on its own.
The seeds we planted must not have been viable. They never grew into anything.
system
Noun
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A group of things that work together; a way of doing something.
This coloured paper is part of my system for keeping lists of people.
model
Noun
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A model is a something that is made to look or act like something else, usually being smaller or simpler than the original.
Mathematical models can greatly help researchers understand the behavior of real systems.
The company builds and sells detailed 3-D models of the human body.
Scientists have developed a theoretical model of the planet's interior that describes one possibility.
A few years ago, the best climate models predicted that there would soon be an ice-free Arctic during the summer.
There is a good fit between the four-factor model and the data in this study.
His father had been a small man with a kind face and large hands who helped him build model airplanes and rockets.
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A model is an example of something, a goal, or a way to do something.
Both men and women who had public athletic role models during childhood were more likely to play sports at a higher level.
Each university used a variety of different instructional models.
It was a model company, combining high profits, happy workers, and clean, efficient production methods.
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A model is a person who puts on clothes, glasses, jewelery, etc. to show them at shows and in photographs or who poses for paintings or sculptures.
High-fashion runway models are typically 5 foot 10 inches or taller.
He develops his paintings without models being present in the studio.
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A model is a kind or design of car or other machine.
The wireless phone will be installed in future models from GM, Toyota and Honda.
model
Verb
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If you model clothes, jewelery, etc., you wear them to show them at shows and in photographs.
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If you model an action, you show how it is done.
Parents should model the behavior they want without forcing or controlling the child.
All music teachers can model good and poor tone quality.
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If you model mathx/math on mathy/math, you try to make mathx/math like mathy/math.
There's a youth baseball field modeled after Fenway Park in the old Memorial Stadium.
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If you model something, you make a smaller, simpler copy of it.
He's trying to model the human thought process on the computer.