mode (m d)n. 1. a. A manner, way, or method of doing or acting: modern modes of travel. See Synonyms at method. b. A particular form, variety, or manner: a mode of expression. c. A given condition of functioning; a status: The spacecraft was in its recovery mode. 2. The current or customary fashion or style. See Synonyms at fashion. 3. Music a. Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music. b. A patterned arrangement, as the one characteristic of the music of classical Greece or the medieval Christian Church. 4. Philosophy The particular appearance, form, or manner in which an underlying substance, or a permanent aspect or attribute of it, is manifested. 5. Logic a. See modality. b. The arrangement or order of the propositions in a syllogism according to both quality and quantity. 6. Statistics The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data. 7. Mathematics The number or range of numbers in a set that occurs the most frequently. 8. Geology The mineral composition of a sample of igneous rock. 9. Physics Any of numerous patterns of wave motion or vibration. 10. Grammar Mood. [Middle English, tune, from Latin modus, manner, tune. Sense 2, French, from Old French, fashion, manner, from Latin modus; see med- in Indo-European roots.] |
mode
Noun
1. a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing
2. a particular fashion or style
3. Music any of the various scales of notes within one octave
4. Maths the most frequently occurring of a range of values [Latin modus manner]
| mode (md) The value that occurs most frequently in a data set. For example, in the set 125, 140, 172, 164, 140, 110, the mode is 140. Compare arithmetic meanaveragemedian |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  mode - 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"property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise" response - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals |
| 2. | mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" | |
| 3. | mode - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility logical relation - a relation between propositions | |
| 4. | mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact subjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior interrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood | |
| 5. | mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave diatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones church mode, ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, medieval mode - any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode Greek mode - any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece major diatonic scale, major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th minor diatonic scale, minor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th | |
| 6. | mode - the most frequent value of a random variable statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
mode
Translations
mode [məud] n → Form f;
(Comput, Tech) → Betriebsart f;
mode of life → Lebensweise f;
mode of transport → Transportmittel nt
n mode [məud]
1 a manner of doing something an unusual mode of expression. soort, tipe طَريقَه، شَكْل، أسْلوب маниер způsob måde Art und Weise die τρόπος modo laad طریقه tapa mode, manière אוֹפֶן तरीका običaj mód cara háttur, máti modo, maniera 様式 방법, 양식 būdas veids cara manier måte; art tryb, sposób maneira mod, manieră способ spôsob način način sätt วิธีการ tarz, usul 方式 метод, спосіб طریق عمل، انداز cách thức 方式
2 a kind or type modes of transport. soort, tipe وَسيلَه، طَريقَه вид druh måde; -måde die Art μέθοδος medio viis طرز tapa mode אֶמצָעִי प्रकार, ढ़ग način eljárás jenis tegund, gerð modo, mezzo 形態 형태 rūšis veids jenis manier måte, type, art sposób meio tip форма, вид druh način vid sätt, metod, form รูปแบบ tip, çeşit 方式, 類型 вид وسیلہ، ذریعہ kiểu 方式
adj modish
fashionable and smart. modieus على آخر طِراز модерен módní fashionabel; moderne modisch μοντέρνος a la moda moekas شیک muodikas à la mode אָפנָתִי आधुनिक रीति के अनुसार modni, moderan divatos mode, modis (nÿ)tískulegur alla moda 流行の 유행을 쫓는 madingas, stileiviškas moderns; pēc pēdējās modes berfesyen modieus moteriktig, smart modny na moda la modă модный módny moden pomodan modern, på modet ทันสมัย son modaya uygun 時髦的 модний وضع دار، زمانے کے چلن کے مطابق hợp thời trang 时髦的
adv modishly
modieus طرازياً модерно módně fashionabelt; moderne modisch σύμφωνα με τη μόδα a la moda moekalt مد وار muodikkaasti à la mode עַל פִּי הָאָפנָה आधुनिकता के अनुसार moderno divatosan secara modis (nÿ)tískulega alla moda 流行を追って 유행을 쫓아 madingai moderni dengan berfesyen modieus moteriktig modnie elegantemente la modă модно módne modno pomodno modernt อย่างทันสมัย modaya uygun olarak 時髦地 модно وضع داری سے một cách hợp thời 时髦地
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