#1 mode n. [manner, style, way, fashion] 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". wn
#2 mode n. a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode". wn
#3 mode n. [modality] a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. wn
#4 mode n. [mood, modality] verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. wn
#5 mode n. [musical mode] any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. wn
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