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mode¹
- /moʊd/ US
- /məʊd/ UK
- /mod/ Scotland
Sounds like mowed (except Scotland) · Rhymes with -əʊd
Where it comes from
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.
noun modes
- A particular means of accomplishing something. What was the mode of entry?
- A state related to signals or vibrations. common-mode
- A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field. longitudinal mode
- 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.
- A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose. airplane mode; night mode
- 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.
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A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
Similar: mood, grammatical mood
- That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- 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.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind. After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
- 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.
- One of several ancient Greek scales.
- The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- A woman's mantle with a hood.
mode²
- /moʊd/ US
- /məʊd/ UK
- /mod/ Scotland
Sounds like mowed (except Scotland) · Rhymes with -əʊd
Where it comes from
From French mode f (“fashion, trend”).
noun modes
- Style or fashion; popular trend. Her wardrobe is always in mode.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: style, fashion, manner, mood, modality, way, musical mode, means, lines, format, pattern, model, fad, fashionable, view, sense
Translations
Every language
noun in music
| Ελληνικά | κλίμακα klímaka, ήχος íchos |
|---|---|
| Română | mod |
| Русский | лад lad, тона́льность tonálʹnostʹ |
noun means of accomplishing something
| Español | modo, medio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | モード mōdo |
| 中文 | 方式 fāngshì, 辦法 /办法 bànfǎ |
| Português | modo |
| Français | manière, façon, mode |
| Deutsch | Art |
| Ελληνικά | μέθοδος méthodos, τρόπος trópos |
| Русский | ме́тод métod, мето́дика metódika, спо́соб spósob, лад lad, мане́ра manéra |
| العربية | طَرِيقَة ṭarīqa, أُسْلُوب ʔuslūb |
| עברית | דֶּרֶךְ derekh |
noun mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
| Русский | режи́м režím, состоя́ние sostojánije |
|---|
noun computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
| 한국어 | 모드 modeu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | モード mōdo |
| 中文 | 狀態 /状态 zhuàngtài, 模式 móshì |
| Français | mode |
| Deutsch | Modus, Betriebsart |
| Ελληνικά | ρύθμιση rýthmisi, προσαρμογή prosarmogí |
| Русский | режи́м režím |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ |
| العربية | وَضْع waḍʕ |
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@misc{mode_2026,
title = {mode},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mode},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
