definition of
mode

[1] #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] #2 mode n. a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode". wn

[3] #3 mode n. [modality] a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. wn

[4] #4 mode n. [mood, modality] verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. wn

[5] #5 mode n. [musical mode] any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. wn