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mock-up

mock-up

10 4.8
A full size model of something to test or show it
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑkˌʌp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : maqueta
  • Before finalizing the design, we built a mock-up to visualize how it would look in real life.
  • digital mock-up
  • physical mock-up
  • build a mock-up

Yeah, I this is a really incredible story and I had seen a mock up of the character when they first sent me the auditions.

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Examples

  • The retail mock-up came complete with lighting, signage, and merchandise.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Team members gathered around a 3-D digital mock-up of a ship.

    Academic text (2002)

  • - Now these are just a mock up.

    Into the Flames (2021)

  • But yeah, they used a lot of things that we had kind of made some, some mock ups up to turn into their set.

  • We're just looking at mock ups of new designs for the original collection.

  • And the human element of someone holding it tend to to respond a little bit better than the just the mock up itself so.

  • Now, it is a mock-up of everything - in the current issue.

    The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

  • I said, can we get mock ups like using this logo and they sent back the first, the first one and it was so good.

  • So before you speak with them, you want to prepare mock ups of what their thing would look like on your product or the product that you want to make for them.

  • This is a mock-up of the cargo bay and the storage pallets.

    SpaceCamp (1986)

Synonyms

maquette
vsmock-up
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A small model used to test a design for a larger work like a sculpture or building

is used for the same planning but built full size for study or testing

How Complete

production
  • Specialized
34 4.4
to prototype
1 4.2
mock-up
  • Specialized
10 4.8
to model
102 4.1
multiview
  • Specialized
7.5

Surface Forms

mock-up singular
mock-ups plural

Morphology

mock-up = mock (transparent) = up + mock

The noun is a straightforward compound of 'mock' (imitation) + 'up' (particle/adv), so its meaning as an imitation model is directly inferable. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Mock-up comes from mock ('fake' or 'practice') and up (showing something is 'made' or 'put together'), as in a mock exam where 'mock' means a practice test. So a mock-up is a 'made fake' full-size model you build to test, study, or show an idea.