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Mode has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

how something is done or how it happens

"her dignified manner"

"his rapid manner of talking"

"their nomadic mode of existence"

"in the characteristic New York style"

"a lonely way of life"

"in an abrasive fashion"

2

a particular functioning condition or arrangement

"switched from keyboard to voice mode"

3

a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

"The logician categorized each statement into its proper mode before analyzing the argument's validity."

4

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

"In linguistics, we study how verbs change their mode to show whether a statement is presented as fact, desire, or command."

5

any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

"The composer studied different modes to find a scale that matched the melancholic mood of her new song."

6

the most frequent value of a random variable

"In our analysis of customer feedback, we identified that the mode represents the most frequently chosen product feature by users."

7

One of several ancient Greek scales.

"Everyone seems to be wearing oversized blazers right now, so it's definitely the mode this season."

8

Style or fashion; popular trend.

In plain English: Mode is a specific way of doing something or being in a particular state.

"The dress was made of silk in a floral mode that looked very elegant."

Usage: Use mode to describe a specific style, manner, or prevailing fashion in which something is done or appears. It often refers to the characteristic way an activity is performed or the current trend dominating a particular field.

Example Sentences
"The dress was made of silk in a floral mode that looked very elegant." noun
"The car is currently in park mode while we load our groceries." noun
"She switched her phone to silent mode during the meeting." noun
"We need to change the software from editing mode to viewing mode." noun
See Also
hypophrygian insert vocalization quadrimodal monomodular tail antispiral zoe
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
property condition logical relation grammatical relation diatonic scale average
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
artistic style drape fit form life style setup touch wise response indicative mood subjunctive mood optative mood imperative mood interrogative mood ecclesiastical mode Greek mode major scale minor scale

Origin

The word "mode" comes from the Old French mode, which was borrowed from the Latin modus meaning "measure" or "rhythm." It entered English with this original sense of a prescribed method or manner derived directly from its Latin root.

Rhyming Words
ode node sode dode zode tode yode code jode hode rode wode bode lode diode frode spode goode inode enode
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