model

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noun

1 copy of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ full-scale, scale

▪ three-dimensional

▪ detailed

▪ working

▪ clay, plastic, wooden, etc.

VERB + MODEL

▪ assemble, build, construct, make

MODEL + NOUN

▪ aeroplane (BrE), airplane (AmE), car, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), train

PREPOSITION

▪ model of

▪

She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.

2 type of product

ADJECTIVE

▪ de luxe, luxury, popular

▪ basic, standard

▪ latest, new

VERB + MODEL

▪ do, make, produce, release

▪

They do several other models of washing machine.

▪

Later that year, IBM released a similar model at a lower price.

▪ sell

▪ design, develop

▪ recall

▪

They're recalling their new model for modifications to the engine.

3 example

ADJECTIVE

▪ excellent, good

▪ role

▪ simple

▪

We follow a simple accounting model.

▪ classical, standard, traditional

▪

the standard economic model of supply and demand

▪ alternative

▪

They offer an alternative model of married life.

▪ conceptual, experimental, statistical, theoretical

▪ explanatory

▪ business, clinical, economic, mathematical, medical, political, scientific

▪ computer

VERB + MODEL

▪ give sb, present, propose, provide (sb with)

▪

The tape provides a model for students to copy.

▪ construct, develop

▪

She developed a computer model to help farmers with pest control.

▪ adapt, refine, simplify

▪ copy

▪ adopt, use

▪ fit

▪

The book fits the classic model of a postmodern narrative.

▪ be based on

MODEL + NOUN

▪ citizen, pupil (BrE), student (esp. AmE)

▪

In school, he works hard and is a model student.

▪ home (AmE)

PREPOSITION

▪ model of

▪

She was a model of restraint.

▪ model for

▪

Successful schools must be used as models for the rest.

4 person who models

ADJECTIVE

▪ artist's, glamour/glamor (esp. BrE), photographic

▪ female, male

▪ top

▪ catwalk (BrE), fashion, runway (AmE)

VERB + MODEL

▪ photograph, pose, shoot

MODEL + VERB

▪ pose for sb/sth, sit for sb/sth

▪

The model sits for me for three hours every day.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ closely

▪ loosely

▪ accurately, realistically

▪

We can accurately model the development process.

▪ consciously, explicitly

▪

They tried to model the election campaign consciously on Clinton's success.

PREPOSITION

▪ on, upon

▪

We aim to model the system on one used in French hospitals.

Model is used with these nouns as the object: ↑behaviour