MODE

/məʊd/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. noun how something is done or how it happens. — synonyms: manner, style, way, fashion
  2. noun a particular functioning condition or arrangement.
  3. noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. — synonyms: modality
  4. noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. — synonyms: mood, modality
  5. noun any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. — synonyms: musical_mode
  6. noun the most frequent value of a random variable. — synonyms: modal_value

Examples

  • “What was the mode of entry?”
  • “After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.”
  • “In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.”

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