#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