mode

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a particular functioning condition or arrangement

   switched from keyboard to voice mode

2. 2
   noun

   A particular means of accomplishing something.

   What was the mode of entry?

3. 3
   noun

   A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

   After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.

4. 4
   noun

   Style or fashion; popular trend.

   Her wardrobe is always in mode.

5. 5
   noun

   how something is done or how it happens

6. 6
   noun

   the most frequent value of a random variable

7. 7
   noun

   any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

8. 8
   noun

   verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Etymology

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