mode en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /məʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /moʊd/ (General-American)
- /mod/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.
Meanings
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A particular means of accomplishing something.
An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205:What was the mode of entry?
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(especially) 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.
common-mode
normal mode of vibration
differential-mode
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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.
longitudinal mode
transverse mode
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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.
In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.
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A particular means of accomplishing something. ▸ A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
airplane mode; night mode
The car was then placed into its Level 2 driving mode, much like you would for the current adaptive cruise control systems.
2024 May 4, Mat Gallagher, “I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing”, in T3:
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A particular means of accomplishing something. ▸ A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
Campaign mode (the career mode that includes the notorious Gran Turismo driving school) is off limits while offline. Also unavailable offline: buying new cars, viewing your garage, editing car liveries, and even the "taking photos of fancy cars in exotic scenery" mode.
2017 October 17, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “Gran Turismo Sport is extremely limited in offline mode”, in Ars Technica:I've stumbled over gaming's simplest hurdles, been humiliated by the lowliest of enemies and will often go for an easy mode if one's available, and yet I've run through Bloodborne twice without ever really breaking much of a sweat.
2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer:Selfie modes, meanwhile, let you add filters and change characters’ facial expressions, from Link in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker to Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2.
2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
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(qualifier:urban studies) A particular means of accomplishing something. ▸ A particular means of transportation as a class.
It makes relatively little difference in mode choice except that some high income people avoid bus trips of 100 miles or more and except for the tendency of upper income people when traveling on business to travel by air.
1964, John B. Lansing, Dwight M. Blood, Mode Choice in Intercity Travel: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis; a Report to the Under Secretary for Transportation, U.S. Dept. of Commerce:
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A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
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.
- The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- 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.
- (in particular) 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.
- In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern. ▸ The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (obsolete) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern. ▸ A woman's mantle with a hood.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| modes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
thread mode · V86-mode · normal mode · god mode · Phrygian mode · Mode A · sidemode · virtual 8086 mode · girlmode · soft mode · game mode · bearmode · Mode X · silent mode · beast mode · switchmode · Aeolian mode · survival mode · B-mode · usermode · textmode · altmode · pinch mode · Sabbath mode · transmoding · collective mode · stealth mode · mode of thought · eigenmode · Revlon mode · photo mode · release mode · asynchronous transfer mode · conjunctive mode · intermode · real mode · safe mode · spring-loaded mode · vibrate mode · dual-mode · quirks mode · multimode · intramode · ottermode · trick mode · sports mode · tri-mode · mode-locked · D-mode · attract mode · whispering-gallery mode · orthomode · sleep mode · jiggle mode · propagation mode · debug mode · modish · bi-mode · boymode · minor mode · manmode · waiting mode · sport mode · outmode · yo-yo mode · voodoo mode · Locrian mode · man mode · flight mode · mode of transport · Ionic mode · burst mode · Dorian mode · unimode · Lydian mode · dual mode · Modie · rhetorical mode · mode locking · aeroplane mode · big real mode · antimode · flat real mode · modism · founder mode · unreal mode · Ionian mode · major mode · hard mode · monomode · mode of discourse · bimode · linemode · Mixolydian mode · long mode · horde mode · dark mode · default mode network · wizard mode · Mode S · virtual real mode · goblin mode · zero mode · Mode C · modeless · cooked mode · quasimode · Shabbat mode · Vegas mode · mode of production · almost standards mode · Gregorian mode
Hypernyms
Relateds
model · modal · modality · modeler · moderator · mood · module · modern · moderate · moderation
Synonyms
Translations (135)
ru мане́ра (means of accomplishing something) · cmn 狀態 /状态 (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · kmr şêwe (means of accomplishing something) · tr mod (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · ka მეთოდი (means of accomplishing something) · cmn 方式 (means of accomplishing something) · mi aratau (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · bg способ (means of accomplishing something) · bg режим (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ro mod (in music) · de Art (means of accomplishing something) · cs režim (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · nl modus (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · el τρόπος (means of accomplishing something) · la modus (means of accomplishing something) · fr mode (means of accomplishing something) · is tíðasta gildi (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · ru ме́тод (means of accomplishing something) · is algengasta gildi (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · fr manière (means of accomplishing something) · sh рѐжӣм (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ar مِنْوَال (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · cmn 模式 (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · kmr awa (means of accomplishing something) · uk режи́м (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · fr mode (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ms angkerap (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · io modo (in music) · grc τρόπος (means of accomplishing something) · ota طور (means of accomplishing something) · ja モード (means of accomplishing something) · is líklegasta gildi (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · hu hangsor (in music) · tl palasak (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · ka მდგომარეობა (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · fi tila (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · sv humör (a particular state of being, or frame of mind) · nl wijs (in music) · hu üzemmód (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ru режи́м (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · hu módozat (means of accomplishing something) · bg лад (in music) · hy կերպ (means of accomplishing something) · ms mod (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ar طَرِيقَة (means of accomplishing something) · eo metodo (means of accomplishing something) · ko 최빈값 (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · da tilstand (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · fi tapa (means of accomplishing something) · ru состоя́ние (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · io modo (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · el ρύθμιση (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · hy ձեւ (means of accomplishing something) · cy modd (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · nb modus (means of accomplishing something) · bg начин (means of accomplishing something) · pl sposób (means of accomplishing something) · fi moodi (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · pl wartość modalna (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · sh mȏd (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · el κλίμακα (in music) · cs modus (in music) · fr façon (means of accomplishing something) · sv läge (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · hu mód (means of accomplishing something) · ar أُسْلُوب (means of accomplishing something) · eo maniero (means of accomplishing something) · fi tyyppiarvo (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · nb modus (in music) · be рэжы́м (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · bg мода (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · gd modh (means of accomplishing something) · et viis (means of accomplishing something) · de Betriebsart (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ms mode (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · pl tryb (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · sh мо̑д (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · it moda (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · hu hangnem (in music) · id modus (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · pl metoda (means of accomplishing something) · cs mód (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · sv typvärde (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · hy եղանակ (means of accomplishing something) · tr kip (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · cs modus (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · el μέθοδος (means of accomplishing something) · fi muoto (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · ar وَضْع (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · hu mód (a particular state of being, or frame of mind) · pl dominanta (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · es medio (means of accomplishing something) · sh náčin rada (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · tr mod (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ka საშუალება (means of accomplishing something) · nn modus (in music) · nb modus (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ru тона́льность (in music) · de Modus (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ru мо́да (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · hu üzemmód (a particular state of being, or frame of mind) · eo reĝimo (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · fi moodi (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · vi chế độ (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · cmn 辦法 /办法 (means of accomplishing something) · sh на́чин рада (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · he דֶּרֶךְ (means of accomplishing something) · nn modus (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ru лад (in music) · sh rèžīm (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · el προσαρμογή (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · mi tau tānui (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · nn modus (means of accomplishing something) · ota یول (means of accomplishing something) · gd dòigh (means of accomplishing something) · fi moodi (in music) · ja モード (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · nl wijze (means of accomplishing something) · ru мето́дика (means of accomplishing something) · ru лад (means of accomplishing something) · pt modo (means of accomplishing something) · ko 모드 (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · el ήχος (in music) · fi keino (means of accomplishing something) · hu módusz (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · ru спо́соб (means of accomplishing something) · es modo (means of accomplishing something) · ka რეჟიმი (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · ru режи́м (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · io modo (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours) · hu módus (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · fi tila (mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system) · cmn 眾數 /众数 (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · es moda (statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution) · et režiim (computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours)