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mode

method, manner; a way: a new mode of travel

Not to be confused with:

mowed – past tense of mow: He mowed the lawn.

mode

(mōd)

a. A manner, way, or method of doing something, experiencing something, or acting: modern modes of travel; modes of consciousness; modes of affection. See Synonyms at method.

b. A particular form or kind: The building has multiple modes of egress.

c. A given condition of functioning; a status or operation: The spacecraft was in its recovery mode.

2. The current or customary fashion or style: a hat in the latest mode.

3. Music

a. Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.

b. A patterned arrangement, as the one characteristic of the music of classical Greece or the medieval Christian Church.

4. Philosophy The particular appearance, form, or manner in which an underlying substance, or a permanent aspect or attribute of it, is manifested.

5. Logic

a. See modality.

b. The arrangement or order of the propositions in a syllogism according to both quality and quantity.

6. Statistics The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data.

7. Mathematics The number or range of numbers in a set that occurs the most frequently.

8. Geology The mineral composition of an igneous rock expressed in terms of percentage of the total sample weight or volume.

9. Physics Any of numerous patterns of wave motion or vibration.

10. Grammar Mood.

[Middle English, tune, from Latin modus, manner, tune. Sense 2, French, from Old French, fashion, manner, from Latin modus; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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mode

(məʊd)

1. a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing

2. (Clothing & Fashion) the current fashion or style

3. (Music, other) music

a. any of the various scales of notes within one octave, esp any of the twelve natural diatonic scales taken in ascending order used in plainsong, folk song, and art music until 1600

b. (in the music of classical Greece) any of the descending diatonic scales from which the liturgical modes evolved

c. either of the two main scale systems in music since 1600: major mode; minor mode.

4. (Logic) logic linguistics another name for modality³, mood²²

5. (Linguistics) logic linguistics another name for modality³, mood²²

6. (Philosophy) philosophy a complex combination of ideas the realization of which is not determined by the component ideas

7. (Statistics) that one of a range of values that has the highest frequency as determined statistically. Compare mean³⁴, median⁶

8. (Geological Science) the quantitative mineral composition of an igneous rock

9. (General Physics) physics one of the possible configurations of a travelling or stationary wave

10. (General Physics) physics one of the fundamental vibrations

[C14: from Latin modus measure, manner]

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mode¹

(moʊd)

n.

1. a manner of acting or doing; method; way: modes of transportation.

2. a particular type or form of something: Heat is a mode of motion.

3. a designated condition or status, as for performing a task or responding to a problem: a machine in the automatic mode.

4. Philos. appearance, form, or disposition taken by a thing, or by one of its essential properties or attributes.

a. modality (def. 3).

b. any of the forms of categorical syllogisms according to the quantity and quality of their constituent propositions.

6. any of various arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, differing from one another in the order of the whole steps and half steps; scale.

7. mood ² (def. 1).

8. Statistics. the value of the variate at which a maximum occurs in the frequency distribution of the variate.

9. the actual mineral composition of a rock, expressed in percentages by weight.

[1250–1300; (< Old French) < Latin modus amount, limit, manner]

mode²

(moʊd)

n.

1. fashion or style in manners, dress, etc.

2. a light gray or drab color.

[1635–45; < French < Latin modus; see mode¹]

mode

(mōd)

The value that occurs most frequently in a data set. For example, in the set 125, 140, 172, 164, 140, 110, the mode is 140. Compare arithmetic mean, average, median.

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mode

comportment, deportment - Deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment, "behavior or bearing," does not have this.
dictionary - Based on Latin dictio(n-), "mode of expression" or "word," then dictionarius, "a repertory of words or phrases."
diet - Comes from Greek diaita, "a way of life, mode of living."
mode - Originally a tune or air and later a scheme of sounds.

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Noun	1.	mode - 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" fashion, manner, style, way property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" life style, lifestyle, life-style, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" signature, touch - a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch" wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" response - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
	2.	mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	3.	mode - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility modality logical relation - a relation between propositions
	4.	mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker modality, mood grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact subjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior interrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
	5.	mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave musical mode diatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones church mode, ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, medieval mode - any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode Greek mode - any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece major diatonic scale, major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th minor diatonic scale, minor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
	6.	mode - the most frequent value of a random variable modal value statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters average, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

mode

noun

1. method, way, plan, course, system, form, state, process, condition, style, approach, quality, practice, fashion, technique, manner, procedure, custom, vein the capitalist mode of production

2. fashion, style, trend, rage, vogue, look, craze Their designs were exterminated by the mode for uncluttered space.

3. function, position, role, operation, capacity The camera is in manual mode.

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mode

noun

1. The approach used to do something:

fashion, manner, method, modus operandi, style, system, way, wise.

2. A distinctive way of expressing oneself:

fashion, manner, style, tone, vein.

3. Manner of being or form of existence:

condition, situation, state, status.

4. The current custom:

craze, fad, fashion, furor, rage, style, trend, vogue.

Informal: thing.

Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing.

Translations

طَريقَه، شَكْل، أسْلوبموضَه، طِرازوَسيلَه، طَريقَه

druhmódamoduszpůsob

=-mådemådemode

Mode Modus Weise Art Art und Weise

ήχος

moda modo medio

režiimviis

mode manière

háttur, mátitegund, gerîtíska

modo maniera moda modale

stileiviškas

modeveids

mode modus trend wijze

наклонение режим

çeşit moda tarz tip usul

形式方式样式风格

mode

[məʊd] N

1. (= way, manner) → manera f, modo m

2. (= fashion) → moda f

3. (Comput) → función f, modalidad f

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mode

[ˈməʊd] n

[life, behaviour] → mode m

(= setting) to be in manual mode [camera] → être en mode manuel
when the camera is in manual mode → lorsque l'appareil photo est en mode manuel
to be in survival mode (= thinking only of survival) [person, organization] → être en mode survie
to be in panic mode (= be panicking) [person] → être en proie à la panique

(= type) → mode m
the capitalist mode of production → le mode de production capitaliste
mode of dress → mode vestimentaire mode of transport

mode

(Gram) → Modus m; (Mus) → Tonart f; (Philos) → Modalität f

(= way) → Art f → (und Weise); (= form) → Form f; mode of transport → Transportmittel nt; mode of life → Lebensweise f; (Biol) → Lebensform f; mode of address → Anrede f

(Fashion) → Mode f; to be the mode → in Mode sein

(Comput) → Modus m

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mode

[məʊd] n

a. (gen) → modo, maniera; (of transport) → mezzo (Mus) → modo (Comput) → modalità f inv

b. (fashion) (Math) → moda

mode

(məud) noun

1. a manner of doing something. an unusual mode of expression.

2. a kind or type. modes of transport.

3. a fashion. Large hats are the latest mode.

ˈmodish adjective

fashionable and smart.

ˈmodishly adverb

mode

1. n. moda, manera, valor repetido con mayor frecuencia en una serie;

2. modo.

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Epic poetry and Tragedy, Comedy also and Dithyrambic: poetry, and the music of the flute and of the lyre in most of their forms, are all in their general conception modes of imitation.

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A retrogade move Channel of a mountain torrent Alpine scenery Cascades Beaver valleys Beavers at work Their architecture Their modes of felling trees Mode of trapping beaver Contests of skill A beaver "up to trap" Arrival at the Green River caches

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Of all the ingenious modes of torture that have ever been invented, that of solitary confinement is probably the most cruel--the mind feeding on itself with the rapacity of a cormorant, when the conscience quickens its activity and feeds its longings.

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One might point out how Louis XIV., by creating the modern state, destroyed the individualism of the artist, and made things monstrous in their monotony of repetition, and contemptible in their conformity to rule, and destroyed throughout all France all those fine freedoms of expression that had made tradition new in beauty, and new modes one with antique form.

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KINDNESS OF MARHEYO AND THE REST OF THE ISLANDERS--A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BREAD- FRUIT TREE--DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING THE FRUIT

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All objections urged against the Communistic mode of producing and appropriating material products, have, in the same way, been urged against the Communistic modes of producing and appropriating intellectual products.

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From the time the first person said and proved that the number of births or of crimes is subject to mathematical laws, and that this or that mode of government is determined by certain geographical and economic conditions, and that certain relations of population to soil produce migrations of peoples, the foundations on which history had been built were destroyed in their essence.

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It is but a superficial mode of examining into this question to begin with the place and the people; for it may happen that these may be divided from that, or that some one of them may live in one place, and some in another (but this question may be regarded as no very knotty one; for, as a city may acquire that appellation on many accounts, it may be solved many ways); and in like manner, when men inhabit one common place, when shall we say that they inhabit the same city, or that the city is the same?

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Its difficulty was much enhanced by the mode of publication; for, it would be very unreasonable to expect that many readers, pursuing a story in portions from month to month through nineteen months, will, until they have it before them complete, perceive the relations of its finer threads to the whole pattern which is always before the eyes of the story-weaver at his loom.

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It could be no impediment to reforms of the State constitution by a majority of the people in a legal and peaceable mode. This right would remain undiminished.

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The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious.

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One of them picked up an axe that lay upon the path, and said, "I have found an axe." "Nay, my friend," replied the other, "do not say 'I,' but 'We' have found an axe." They had not gone far before they saw the owner of the axe pursuing them, and he who had picked up the axe said, "We are undone." "Nay," replied the other, "keep to your first mode of speech, my friend; what you thought right then, think right now.

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