mode

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /moʊd/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məʊd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /mod/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophone: mowed (except Scotland)

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

mode (plural modes)

1. (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
2. (music) 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.
3. A particular means of accomplishing something.

   What was the mode of entry?

   • 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205:

     An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.

4. 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.

5. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
6. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
   1. (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations

      common-mode

      differential-mode

      normal mode of vibration

7. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

   Hyponyms: emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode

   In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.

8. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

   airplane mode; night mode

   • 2024 May 4, Mat Gallagher, “I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing”, in T3‎:

     The car was then placed into its Level 2 driving mode, much like you would for the current adaptive cruise control systems.

9. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
   • 2017 October 17, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “Gran Turismo Sport is extremely limited in offline mode”, in Ars Technica‎:

     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.

   • 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer‎:

     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.

   • 2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

    Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood

    Hyponyms: imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode

11. (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
12. (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
13. (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
14. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.

• (grammar): See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
• (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode

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

mode (plural modes)

1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

   Her wardrobe is always in mode.

   • 1922, Edith Van Dyne, chapter 4, in Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman:

     The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

• bimodal distribution
• median
• mean
• modal

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, dome

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of moda, a borrowing through French.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

mode m (plural modes)

1. way, manner
2. (logic) modus
3. (grammar) mood
4. (music) mode
5. (philosophy) mode
6. (mathematics, physics) mode

• mode d’ésser

• modal

• “mode” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From French mode, from Latin modus (“manner, method”).

• IPA^(key): /moːdə/,

mode c (singular definite moden, plural indefinite moder)

1. fashion

• mode on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.də/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

1. fashion, trend

   Het staat je vrij om de mode te volgen in België en Nederland — You're free to follow fashion in Belgium and the Netherlands.

2. (obsolete) custom, tradition, manner

• burgermode
• damesmode
• haarmode
• herenmode
• kindermode
• modeartikel
• modebewust
• modeblad
• modegek
• modegril
• modekleur
• modekwaal
• modemaakster
• modemagazijn
• modenaaister
• modeontwerp
• modeontwerper
• modeplaat
• modepop
• modeshow
• modesnufje
• modetint
• modetrend
• modevak
• modeverschijnsel
• modewinkel
• modewoord
• modezaak
• modezot
• modezucht
• modieus

• Afrikaans: mode
• → Indonesian: mode
• → Sranan Tongo: modo
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: modo
  • → Kari'na: moto
• → West Frisian: moade

• doem, moed

From modo +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ode
• Hyphenation: mo‧de

mode

1. fashionably

   Synonym: laŭmode

   • 1937, British Esperantist:

     Li preferas jarcento ol centjaro; kaj aprobas la formojn bluokulo (blua okulo) ; belknabino (bela knabino), libertempo (libera tempo), kiujn lastatempo estas mode kondamni.

     He prefers jarcento to centjaro, and approves the forms bluokulo (blua okulo) ; belknabino (bela knabino), libertempo (libera tempo), which it has been fashionable to condemn lately.

   • 2002, Julian Modest, “La glita kaj danĝera vojo,”, in La Ondo de Esperanto:

     Li estis mode vestita per eleganta kolombkolora jako kaj blanka ĉemizo, kiu brilis kiel neĝo.

     He was fashionably dressed in an elegant dove-colored jacket and a white shirt that shined like snow.

   • 2003, Thierry Salomon, “La mondolingvo,”, in Monato:

     Tie, dudek jarojn post la milito, iu sinjoro Etiemble skribis libron „Ĉu vi parolas frermane?”. Kiu dum iom da tempo havis efiketon kaj forpuŝis kelkajn germanismojn, sed poste por unu forpuŝita dek novaj venis. Ne estas mode rezisti al tiu fenomeno.

     There, twenty years after the war, one Mr. Etiemble wrote a book, "Do you speak Frerman?" Which for a little while had a small effect and pushed out a few germanisms, but later for each one pushed out ten new ones arrived. It's not fashionable to resist this phenomenon.

Clipping of moderaattori

• IPA^(key): /ˈmode/,
• Rhymes: -ode
• Hyphenation^(key): mo‧de

mode (colloquial)

1. Synonym of moderaattori.

• Edmo, demo

Inherited from Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, ultimately from Latin modus m. The masculine gender was reintroduced for some senses during the Middle French period under influence of the Latin. Doublet of mœuf.

• IPA^(key): /mɔd/

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mode f (plural modes)

1. fashion, trend

   Il faut suivre la mode en France.

   You've got to follow fashion in France.

• à la mode
• défilé de mode
• passé de mode
• tripes à la mode de Caen

mode m (plural modes)

1. method, means, way, mode

   mode de paiement ― method of payment

   Quel mode de transport est-ce que tu utilises ?

   What method of transport do you use?

2. (grammar) mode, mood

   Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf

3. (music) mode

   Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf

4. (statistics) mode (most common value)

• “mode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• démo, dôme

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

mode

Wikipedia ^id

• From Dutch mode f, from Middle French mode f, from Latin modus m. Doublet of moda, model, modern, modul, and modus.
• Semantic loan from English mode in electronics and computing sense.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: mo‧dê

modê (plural mode-mode)

1. mode, style or fashion; popular trend.

   Synonym: fesyen

2. mode,
   1. (electronics) a series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
   2. (computing) one of various related sets of rules for processing data.

• mod (electronics, computing, Standard Malay)

• “mode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

mode f

1. plural of moda

• demo, demo-, medo

mode

1. vocative singular of modus

• mod, mood, moode

From Old English mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

• IPA^(key): /moːd/
• Rhymes: -oːd

mode (plural modes)

1. Activity within one's mind or brain:
   1. One's current mindset or feelings; mood:
      1. Fortitude, braveness, bravery, heart.
      2. Vainness, proudness; the display of conceit.
      3. Sadness, lamenting; the state of being sad or upset.
      4. Angriness, ire, resentment.
   2. One's mental capacity or intellect; the fount of reasoning.
   3. One's overall or overarching feelings; an opinion or will.
   4. What one currently wants or likes; a goal or aim
   5. One's motivation or willpower; resoluteness.
   6. (rare) Part of one's thought process.
2. A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
3. One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
4. (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
5. (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
6. (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.

• drerimod
• mody
• modilich
• modinesse

• English: mood
• Scots: mude, muid

• “mọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

mode (rare)

1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
2. Upset, distressed.

• “mọ̄de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

• mood, moode, moodd, moede

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːd(ə)/, /ˈmoːd(ə)/

mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)

1. Grammatical mood or modality.
2. (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.

• English: mode, mood

• “mōd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mode f (plural modes)

1. (Jersey) fashion

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus (“measure, manner”), from Proto-Italic *modōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ōs (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”). Doublet of mote.

• IPA^(key): /mɔːd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːd
• Hyphenation: mode

mode

1. Only used in à la mode (“a la mode”)
2. Only used in a la mode (“a la mode”)

• demo

• modent

mode

1. neuter singular of moden

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.de/

mōde

1. dative singular of mōd

mode

1. inflection of modati (“to rejoice”):
   1. optative active singular
   2. first-person singular present/imperative middle

From French.

• IPA^(key): /²muːdɛ/

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mode n

1. fashion, a fashion trend

   senaste modet ― the latest fashion

• dammode
• herrmode
• höstmode
• kvinnomode
• modeaffär
• modeartikel
• modebetonad
• modebild
• modebutik
• modedocka
• modedrottning
• modeindustri
• modejournal
• modekung
• modelejon
• modemagasin
• modemedveten
• modenyck
• modeord
• moderiktig
• moderiktning
• modeshow
• modeskapare
• modeströmning
• modetidning
• sommarmode
• vintermode
• vårmode

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