prototype

Roget category 22

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.3. Partial relation

#22. [Thing copied.] Prototype

noun

prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type — archetype, antitype^† — protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample^†, paradigm — lay-figure.
text, copy, design — fugleman^†, keynote.
die, mold — matrix, last, plasm^† — proplasm^†, protoplasm — mint — seal, punch, intaglio, negative — stamp.

verb

be an example, be a role model, set an example — set a copy.

phrase

a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa [Lat.].

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