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   Mode

   /mōd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done: "his preferred mode of travel was a kayak" Similar mannerwayfashionmeansmethodsystemstyleapproachtechniqueprocedureprocessmethodologymodus operandiformroutinepractice
   • ▪ an option allowing a change in the method of operation of a device, especially a camera: "a camcorder in automatic mode" Similar functionpositionoperationrolecapacity
   • ▪ a way of operating or using a system: "some computers provide several so-called processor modes"
   • ▪ any of the distinct kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
   • ▪ the character of a modal proposition (whether necessary, contingent, possible, or impossible).
   • ▪ another term for mood
   • 2. a fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, etc.: "in the Seventies, the mode for activewear took hold" Similar fashionvoguecurrent/latest stylestylelooktrendlatest thinglatest tastecrazeragefadgeneral tendencyconventioncustompracticedernier cri
   • 3. the value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.
   • 4. a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the musical and grammatical senses): from Latin modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete1; compare with mood2.

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