Mode - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |məʊd|  American pronunciation of the word mode
Brit.  |məʊd|  British pronunciation of the word mode

noun

- how something is done or how it happens (syn: fashion, manner, style, way)
their nomadic mode of existence
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
switched from keyboard to voice mode
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility (syn: modality)
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker (syn: modality, mood)
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- the most frequent value of a random variable

Extra examples

He explained it in his usual solemn mode.

The camera is in automatic mode.

It is the mode to live high, to spend more than we get.

They have a relaxed mode of life that suits them well.

Western modes of thought

Set the monitor to 256 colour mode.

To get out of the 'auto' mode on the camera, turn the knob to 'M'.

He was seduced to a more airy mode of life.

His mode of proof is precarious and unsatisfactory.

His mode of writing was vicious.

A time-server wears his religion, reason, and understanding always in the mode.

With only minutes to go, we were now in panic mode.

Long skirts were then the mode.

Word forms

noun
singular: mode
plural: modes
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