1 N‑COUNT A mode of life or behaviour is a particular way of living or behaving. [FORMAL ] □ He switched automatically into interview mode.
2 N‑COUNT A mode is a particular style in art, literature, or dress. □ …a slightly more elegant and formal mode of dress.
3 N‑COUNT On some cameras or electronic devices, the different modes available are the different programs or settings that you can choose when you use them. □ …when the camera is in manual mode.
mod|el ◆◆◇ /mɒ d ə l/ (models , modelling , modelled ) in AM, use modeling , modeled 1 N‑COUNT A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents. □ [+ of ] …an architect's model of a wooden house. □ [+ of ] …a working scale model of the whole Bay Area. □ I made a model out of paper and glue. ● ADJ [ADJ n] Model is also an adjective. □ I had made a model aeroplane. □ …a model railway.
2 N‑COUNT A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] He wants companies to follow the European model of social responsibility.
3 N‑COUNT A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work. [TECHNICAL , FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution.
4 VERB If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works. [TECHNICAL , FORMAL ] □ [V n] …the mathematics needed to model a nonlinear system like an atmosphere.
5 N‑COUNT If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree. [APPROVAL ] □ [+ of ] A model of good manners, he has conquered any inward fury.
6 ADJ [ADJ n] You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well. [APPROVAL ] □ As a girl she had been a model pupil.
7 VERB If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way. □ [be V -ed + on/after ] The quota system was modelled on those operated in America and continental Europe. □ [V n + on/after ] She asked the author if she had modelled her hero on anybody in particular.
8 VERB If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them. □ [V pron-refl + on/after ] There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman. □ [V n + on/after ] They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
9 N‑COUNT A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it. □ To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model. □ The model number is 1870/285.
10 N‑COUNT An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
11 VERB If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them. □ [V + for ] Tullio has been modelling for Sandra for eleven years. [Also V ]
12 N‑COUNT A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them. □ …Paris's top photographic fashion model.
13 VERB If someone models clothes, they display them by wearing them. □ [V n] I wasn't here to model clothes. □ [V ] She began modelling in Paris aged 15. ● mod|el|ling N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] □ She was being offered a modelling contract.
14 VERB If you model shapes or figures, you make them out of a substance such as clay or wood. □ [V ] There she began to model in clay. □ [V n] Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone; sometimes she modelled clay.
15 → see also role model COLLOCATIONS model NOUN
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noun + model : business
verb + model : adopt, develop
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noun + model : computer
adjective + model : mathematical
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noun + model : catwalk, fashion, glamour
mod|el|ler /mɒ dələ r / (modellers ) in AM, use modeler 1 N‑COUNT A modeller is someone who makes shapes or figures out of substances such as wood or clay.
2 N‑COUNT A modeller is someone who makes theoretical descriptions of systems or processes in order to understand them and be able to predict how they will develop. □ …climate modellers.
mo|dem /moʊ dem/ (modems ) N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A modem is a device which connects computers or computer systems to the internet. [COMPUTING ] □ It should be placed near a computer, a telephone line or a modem.
mod|er|ate ◆◇◇ (moderates , moderating , moderated ) The adjective and noun are pronounced /mɒ dərət/. The verb is pronounced /mɒ dəre I t/. 1 ADJ Moderate political opinions or policies are not extreme. □ He was an easygoing man of very moderate views. □ Both countries have called for a moderate approach to the use of force.
2 ADJ You use moderate to describe people or groups who have moderate political opinions or policies. □ …a moderate Democrat. □ …the moderate wing of the army. ● N‑COUNT A moderate is someone with moderate political opinions. □ If he presents himself as a radical, he risks scaring off the moderates.