Dictionary Definition
mode
Noun
1 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" [syn: manner, style, way, fashion]
2 a particular functioning condition or
arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"
3 a classification of propositions on the basis
of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
[syn: modality]
4 verb inflections that express how the action or
state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, modality]
5 any of various fixed orders of the various
diatonic notes within an octave [syn: musical
mode]
6 the most frequent value of a random variable
[syn: modal
value]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Mode
English
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology 1
From modus.Noun
- One of several ancient scales, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- What was the mode of entry?
- A value occurring most frequently in a distribution
- In the context of "mathematics|physics": A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
- One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
- In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
Derived terms
Translations
in music
in statistics
- Czech: modus
state of a system represented by an
eigenfunction of that system
in computing
- Dutch: modus
Etymology 2
From mode.Noun
- Style or fashion.
Translations
See also
Catalan
Noun
mode---
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mode fFrench
Pronunciation
- /mɔd/
- /mOd/
Noun
fr-noun fDerived terms
à la modeNoun
fr-noun mItalian
Noun
mode- Plural of moda
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
Extensive Definition
Mode may mean:
- Mode (literature)
- Mode (statistics), the value that has the largest number of observations
- Musical mode, a kind of musical device
- Mode (computer interface), distinct method of operation within a computer program, in which the same user input can produce different results depending of the state of the computer
- Grammatical mood
- Normal mode, patterns of vibration in acoustics, electromagnetic theory, etc,
- Transport mode, a means of transportation
- Fashion
Popular culture
- Mode Records, a record label
- MODE Magazine, a now out-of-print US women's fashion magazine created specifically to feature fashions over a US size 14 with a Vogue magazine-like creative aesthetic; see plus-size model
- Mode magazine, a fictional fashion magazine which is the setting for the ABC series Ugly Betty
See also
- Modal
- Modality
- Modes Users Association which owns and develops the Modes family of database software
mode in Czech: Mód
mode in Spanish: Modo
mode in French: Mode
mode in Korean: 모드
mode in Italian: Moda (disambigua)
mode in Dutch: Modus
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Aeolian mode, Aristotelian sorites, Dorian mode,
Goclenian sorites, Greek modes, Hindu mode, Indian mode, Locrian
mode, Lydian mode, MO,
Phrygian mode, Platonic form, Platonic idea, SOP, aesthetic form, affectation, algorithm, approach, archetype, art form, attack, authentic mode, bearings, bon ton, build, case, cast, categorical syllogism,
chic, circumstance, command of
language, complexion,
condition, conditional, configuration, conformation, convention, course, craze, cry, custom, cut, dilemma, enthymeme, estate, exaggeration, expression of
ideas, fad, fashion, feeling for words,
figuration, figure, fix, footing, form, form of speech, format, formation, frame, furore, genre, grace of expression,
grandiloquence,
guise, haute couture, high
fashion, hypoaeolian mode, hypodorian mode, hypoionian mode,
hypolocrian mode, hypolydian mode, hypomixolydian mode,
hypophrygian mode, imperative, impression, indicative, inflation, inner form,
jam, jussive, layout, line, line of action, lines, literary style, location, look, lot, major mode, make, makeup, manner, manner of speaking,
manner of working, mannerism, matrix, means, method, methodology, minor mode,
mixolydian mode, modality, mode of expression,
mode of operation, mode of procedure, model, modus, modus operandi, modus
tollens, mold, mood, obligative, octave species,
optative, order, paralogism, pass, pattern, peculiarity, permissive, personal style,
pickle, place, plagal mode, plight, position, posture, potential, practice, predicament, prevailing
taste, procedure,
proceeding, process, proper thing, prosyllogism, prototype, pseudosyllogism,
raga, rage, rank, rhetoric, routine, rule, rule of deduction, sense of
language, set, set-up,
shape, significant form,
situation, sorites, spot, stamp, standard operating
procedure, standing,
state, station, status, strain, stream of fashion,
structure, style, stylistic analysis,
stylistics, subjunctive, swim, syllogism, system, tack, technique, tenor, the drill, the grand style,
the how, the plain style, the sublime, the way of, tone, trend, trick, turn, type, vein, vogue, way, wise