mode
Plural: modes
Noun
- A particular way or manner of doing something.
- how something is done or how it happens
- "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
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- the most frequent value of a random variable
- One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- One of several ancient Greek scales.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
- A state related to signals or vibrations.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
- A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
- The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
- The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
- A woman's mantle with a hood.
- Style or fashion; popular trend.
Examples
- After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
- After being stabbed, he went into survival mode until he got to the hospital.
- airplane mode; night mode
- common-mode
- differential-mode
- He entered a defensive MODE after his opponent scored a high-value bingo.
- Her wardrobe is always in mode.
- In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.
- longitudinal mode
- normal mode of vibration
- transverse mode
- What was the mode of entry?
Origin / Etymology
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.
Scrabble Score: 7
mode: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmode: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mode: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
mode: valid Words With Friends Word