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      prototype
      noun
      An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
      An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
      (computing) A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
      (semantics) An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
      (motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
      verb
      (transitive) To create a prototype of.
      (transitive, rare) To imitate or emulate.
      Roots
      protosproto- · Greek · firsttyptein-typ · Greek · to strike, beat
      Synonyms for prototype
      modelnparadigmnexemplarnepitomenarchetypen
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      The word prototype breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: proto-, from Greek protos (“first”); and -typ, from Greek typtein (“to strike, beat”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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