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model

 
 
/ˈmɒdəl/ verb [I, T] (present participle UK modelling, past tense and past participle modelled, present participle US modeling, past tense and past participle modeled)

Translation

to wear clothes in fashion shows, magazines, etc as a model
mankenlik yapmak, giyim teşhir etmek
She's been modelling for the same designer for years.157
be modelled on sth phrasal verb
to be based on the design of something else
bir başka şeye dayalı modellemek/tasar(lan)mak/yap(ıl)mak
The house is modelled on a 16th century castle.1333
model yourself on sb phrasal verb
to try to make yourself very similar to someone else
kendini birine çok benzetmeye çalışmak, birini kendine örnek olarak almak
He models himself on Mohammed Ali.1333
(Definition of model verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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