English Explanatory Dictionary

mode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. One of several ancient Greek scales.
  3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
  4. A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
  5. A state related to signals or vibrations.
  6. A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
  7. One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
  8. A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
  9. A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
  10. A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
  11. That which exists only as a quality of substance.
  12. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
noun
  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

Pronunciation

/moʊd/ en-us-mode.ogg /məʊd/ /mod/

Word forms

mode modes

Etymology

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

Synonyms

mood grammatical mood

Related words

modal modality model modeler moderate moderation moderator modern module mood bimodal distribution median mean

Derived words

aeroplane mode almost standards mode altmode antimode asynchronous transfer mode attract mode bearmode beast mode big real mode bi-mode bimode B-mode boymode collective mode conjunctive mode cooked mode dark mode debug mode default mode network dual mode dual-mode eigenmode flat real mode flight mode founder mode game mode girlmode goblin mode god mode Gregorian mode hard mode horde mode intermode intramode Ionic mode jiggle mode linemode long mode major mode man mode manmode minor mode Mode A Mode C modeless mode-locked mode locking mode of discourse mode of production mode of thought mode of transport Mode S Mode X Modie modish modism monomode multimode normal mode orthomode

Translations

Bulgarian: лад Bulgarian: начин Bulgarian: способ Czech: modus Dutch: wijs Dutch: wijze Finnish: moodi Finnish: tapa Finnish: keino Finnish: tila Greek: κλίμακα Greek: ήχος Greek: μέθοδος Greek: τρόπος Hungarian: hangsor Hungarian: hangnem Hungarian: mód Hungarian: módozat Hungarian: módus Ido: modo Norwegian Bokmål: modus Norwegian Nynorsk: modus Romanian: mod Russian: лад Russian: тона́льность Russian: ме́тод Russian: мето́дика Russian: спо́соб Russian: мане́ра Russian: режи́м Russian: состоя́ние Armenian: եղանակ Armenian: ձեւ Armenian: կերպ Chinese Mandarin: 方式 Chinese Mandarin: 辦法 /办法 Esperanto: maniero Esperanto: metodo Estonian: viis French: manière French: façon French: mode Georgian: მეთოდი Georgian: საშუალება German: Art Ancient Greek: τρόπος Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ Japanese: モード Northern Kurdish: awa Northern Kurdish: şêwe Latin: modus Polish: sposób Polish: metoda Portuguese: modo Scottish Gaelic: modh Scottish Gaelic: dòigh Spanish: modo Spanish: medio Ottoman Turkish: طور Ottoman Turkish: یول Turkish: mod Turkish: kip
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