mode

 
Pronunciation: /məʊd/

noun

  • 1a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done: his preferred mode of travel was a kayak
  • an option allowing a change in the method of operation of a device, especially a camera: a camcorder in automatic mode
  • Computing a way of operating or using a system: some computers provide several so-called processor modes
  • Physics any of the distinct kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
  • Logic the character of a modal proposition (whether necessary, contingent, possible, or impossible).
  • Logic & Grammaranother term for mood2.
  • 2a fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, etc.: in the Seventies the mode for active wear took hold
  • 3 Statistics the value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.
  • 4 Music a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.

Origin:

late Middle English (in the musical and grammatical senses): from Latin modus 'measure', from an Indo-European root shared by mete1; compare with mood2