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mode

UK/məʊd//moʊd/

mode noun: a particular means of accomplishing something.

Noun (1)

mode (plural modes)

  1. A particular means of accomplishing something.
    • What was the mode of entry?
    • An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205
    1. (especially) A state related to signals or vibrations.
      • common-mode
      • differential-mode
    2. A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
      • longitudinal mode
      • transverse mode
    3. 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.
    4. 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
    5. 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
    6. A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
    7. That which exists only as a quality of substance.
    8. (urban studies) 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
  2. 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.
  3. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
  4. 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.
    1. One of several ancient Greek scales.
  5. The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
  6. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.

Noun (2)

mode (plural modes)

  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.
    • Her wardrobe is always in mode.
    • The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.1922, Edith Van Dyne, chapter 4, in Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman

mode meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

mode in Hindi

mode, manner, way
ढंग ḍhaṅg, वज़ा vazā
mode, manner, method
रूप rūp

mode in Tamil

பாங்கு

mode in Marathi

mode, manner, method
रूप rūp

mode in Urdu

mode
عادت ādat, صفت sifat
mode, way
طرز tarz
mode, manner, reason, ratio; way, method, plan; cause, means
وجہ vaja
mode, manner, method
روپ rūp
More languagesFewer languages
mode in Bengali
প্রকার prôkar
mode in Telugu
క్రమము kramamu, విధము vidhamu, వాటు vāṭu
mode in Malayalam
വക vaka
mode in Kannada
ರೀತಿ, ಕ್ರಮ, ಮಾರ್ಗ, ಬಗೆ
mode in Punjabi
ਮੋਡ
mode in Gujarati
મોડ
mode in Odia
ମୋଡ, ମୋଡ୍
mode in Sanskrit
हेतु hetú
mode in Nepali
मोड
mode in Tagalog
palasak
mode in Arabic
طَرِيقَة ṭarīqa, أُسْلُوب ʔuslūb, وَضْع waḍʕ, مِنْوَال minwāl
mode in Malay
mod, angkerap, mode
mode in Indonesian
modus
mode in Vietnamese
chế độ

Examples of mode in a sentence

  • normal mode of vibration
  • 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:

All 40 example sentences with mode

Synonyms of mode

Forms of mode

pluralmodes

Plural of mode: modes

Origin of mode

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

From French mode f (“fashion, trend”).

Words formed from mode

Phrases with mode

36 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with mode

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mode

What does mode mean?
Mode means a particular means of accomplishing something.
What is mode in Hindi?
Mode in Hindi is ढंग (ḍhaṅg), वज़ा (vazā), रूप (rūp). See Mode meaning in Hindi.
How do you use mode in a sentence?
normal mode of vibration
What part of speech is mode?
Mode is a noun.
How do you pronounce mode?
Mode is pronounced /moʊd/ (US).
What is the plural of mode?
The plural of mode is modes.

Words near mode in the dictionary

  1. modders
  2. moddest
  3. moddies
  4. modding
  5. moddings
  6. mode
  7. Mode A
  8. Mode C
  9. mode locking
  10. mode of discourse
  11. mode of production

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mode (page history and authors); ढंग (Hindi) (page history and authors); mode (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रूप (Marathi) (page history and authors); روپ (Urdu) (page history and authors); প্রকার (Bengali) (page history and authors); క్రమము (Telugu) (page history and authors); വക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); mode (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mode (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mode (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mode (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); हेतु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); mode (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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