model something after
1model something after something — ˈmodel sth on/after sth derived to make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else • The country s parliament is modelled on the British system. Main entry: ↑modelderived …
2model something on something — ˈmodel sth on/after sth derived to make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else • The country s parliament is modelled on the British system. Main entry: ↑modelderived …
3model something on/after — use as an example to follow or imitate. → model …
4model — mod|el1 [ madl ] noun count *** ▸ 1 small copy of something ▸ 2 someone who shows clothes ▸ 3 for artist/photographer ▸ 4 something people should copy ▸ 5 good example of quality ▸ 6 type of vehicle/machine ▸ 7 statement how something works 1. )… …
5pattern something after something — ˈpattern sth on sth derived (BrE) (NAmE ˈpattern sth after sth) usually passive to use sth as a model for sth; to copy sth • a new approach patterned on Japanese ideas …
6model — mod|el1 W1S2 [ˈmɔdl US ˈma:dl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(small copy)¦ 2¦(fashion)¦ 3¦(type of car etc)¦ 4¦(description)¦ 5¦(somebody/something to copy)¦ 6 model of efficiency/virtue etc 7¦(art)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; : French; …
7model after — phrasal verb model on or model upon or model after [transitive] Word forms model on : present tense I/you/we/they model on he/she/it models on present participle modelling on past tense modelled on past participle modelled on a) model upon or… …
8model on — phrasal verb model on or model upon or model after [transitive] Word forms model on : present tense I/you/we/they model on he/she/it models on present participle modelling on past tense modelled on past participle modelled on a) model upon or… …
9model upon — phrasal verb model on or model upon or model after [transitive] Word forms model on : present tense I/you/we/they model on he/she/it models on present participle modelling on past tense modelled on past participle modelled on a) model upon or… …
10after — /af teuhr, ahf /, prep. 1. behind in place or position; following behind: men lining up one after the other. 2. later in time than; in succession to; at the close of: Tell me after supper. Day after day he came to work late. 3. subsequent to and… …
