modelmodel3 verb (past tense and past participle modelled, present participle modelling British English, modeled, modeling American English) 
She’s modeling Donna Karan’s fall collection. Claire modelled for a few years when she was in her twenties.2model yourself on somebody British English, model yourself after somebody American English to try to be like someone else because you admire them: Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.3be modelled on something to be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something: Their education system is modelled on the French one.4[transitive] to do a computer representation or scientific description of a situation or event: They used a computer to model the possible effects of global warming.5[transitive] to make something by shaping clay, wood etc—modeller noun [countable]
VERB TABLE
model
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | model |
| he, she, it | models | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | modelled (BrE), modeled (AmE) |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have modelled (BrE), modeled (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has modelled (BrE), modeled (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had modelled (BrE), modeled (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will model |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have modelled (BrE), modeled (AmE) |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | is modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) | |
| you, we, they | are modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
| you, we, they | were modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
| he, she, it | has been modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been modelling (BrE), modeling (AmE) |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Here we have a Kenar T-shirt modeled by Linda Evangelista.
- She made a living modeling for art classes.
- All the tee-shirts were modelled by the pupils during the school's fashion show organised by the Parent Teachers Association.
- I modelled them on the shape of your abdomen when you strode out of the sea last month.
- Most of the decor in this part of the house was modelled after Hollywood's idea of elaborate period furnishings.
- She also attended a kindergarten school where she first demonstrated her talent for modelling with clay.
Longman Language Activatorto copy someone you admire
formal to copy someone else because you admire something that they have done very much: · There is much in Cheng's work that we can admire and emulate.· Developing countries often try to emulate experiences of developed countries, but this is not always a good idea.
to copy someone's behaviour and character as closely as you can because you want to be like them: · The junior Wimbledon champion said that she tried to model herself on Martina Navratilova.· Pender says his show models itself on the old-style talk shows.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The school is held up as a model for others. I did some work as a nude model when I was in college. I want to be a positive role model for my sister.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
(=a very good one)· His neighbours described him as a model citizen.
· Fashion models are usually very tall.
The school is held up as a model for others. I did some work as a nude model when I was in college.· We should provide girls with more positive role models.
I want to be a positive role model for my sister.· Process rights are modelled closely upon those of ordinary courts, and any balancing is undertaken within this context.
VERB· It attempts to model operational interactions between company functions in one way that is logically sound.· They consist of processing elements, or units, that attempt to model some of the properties of neurons.· Providing a mechanism for other influences attempts to model the fact that real neurons are affected by factors other than inputs.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► conform to a pattern/model/ideal etc► entry level product/model/computer etc
1[intransitive, transitive] to wear clothes at a fashion show or in magazine photographs in order to show them to people: - A number had decided to model themselves on the behaviors and demeanor of a favorite boss or company hero-a very reasonable strategy.
- As we grow up we model ourselves on our parents, identifying with them and imitating them.
- Dean was another rebel, no doubt modelling himself on his two idols.
- For men to model themselves on Ulysses rather than Hercules.
- If the C of E models itself on Parliament, the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving.
- Nobody's modelled themselves on us, they've gone more the Roses and the Mondays.
- Plenty of singers, wisely or otherwise, have modelled themselves on the heroes and villains of great literature.
- Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm - in his exile, his inflexibility, his austerities.
- Both are modelled on Labov's work in New York City.
- Even its uniforms are modelled on those of the Royal Navy.
- His remaining hair is modelled on a Dendix ski slope.
- Irene Hills's face is modelled on an Easter Island statue.
- Second-order constructs are similar to scientific constructs and are modelled on ideal-typical situations.
- The later extension of the differential principle to non-linguistic issues is modelled on its original linguistic formulation.
- The research method will be modelled on previous work of members of the Aesthetics Research Group published during the period 1973-82.
- Behind him on a finely carved desk was a gleaming working model of the St Petersburg-Cannes Express constructed in pearls and amethysts.
- For 300 years or more our science has omitted any human attributes that may impinge upon or impede its mechanistic working model.
- My aim was always to build working models that I could control.
- Simulation techniques have been developed to allow scientists and planners to build working models of the systems which they are studying.
- The Base was a closed system, like a tiny working model of Earth itself, recycling all the chemicals of life.
- When I was about four years of age, he made a working model roundabout with galloping horses.
She’s modeling Donna Karan’s fall collection. Claire modelled for a few years when she was in her twenties.2model yourself on somebody British English, model yourself after somebody American English to try to be like someone else because you admire them: Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.3be modelled on something to be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something: Their education system is modelled on the French one.4[transitive] to do a computer representation or scientific description of a situation or event: They used a computer to model the possible effects of global warming.5[transitive] to make something by shaping clay, wood etc—modeller noun [countable]