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mode
noun
1 mode
How something is done or how it happens:
— Their nomadic mode of existence.
synonyms: fashion, manner, style, way.
Roget 627:
method,
way,
manner,
wise,
gait,
form,
mode,
fashion,
tone,
guise;
modus operandi,
MO;
procedure
etc.
(line of conduct)
692.
path,
road,
route,
course;
line of way,
line of road;
trajectory,
orbit,
track,
beat,
tack.
steps;
stair,
staircase;
flight of stairs,
ladder,
stile;
perron†.
bridge,
footbridge,
viaduct,
pontoon,
steppingstone,
plank,
gangway;
drawbridge;
pass,
ford,
ferry,
tunnel;
pipe
etc.
260.
door;
gateway
etc.
(opening)
260;
channel,
passage,
avenue,
means of access,
approach,
adit†;
artery,
lane,
loan [Scot.],
alley,
aisle,
lobby,
corridor;
back-door,
back-stairs;
secret passage;
covert way;
vennel†.
roadway,
pathway,
stairway;
express;
thoroughfare;
highway;
turnpike,
freeway,
royal road,
coach road;
broad highway,
King's highway,
Queen's highway;
beaten track,
beaten path;
horse road,
bridle road,
bridle track,
bridle path;
walk,
trottoir†,
footpath,
pavement,
flags,
sidewalk;
crossroad,
byroad,
bypath,
byway;
cut;
short cut
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
carrefour†;
private road,
occupation road;
highways and byways;
railroad,
railway,
tram road,
tramway;
towpath;
causeway;
canal
etc.
(conduit)
350;
street
etc.
(abode)
189;
speedway.
adv..
how;
in what way,
in what manner;
by what mode;
so,
in this way,
after this fashion.
one way or another,
anyhow;
somehow or other
etc.
(instrumentality)
631;
by way of;
via;
in transitu [Lat.]
etc.
270;
on the high road to.
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Roget 29:
mean,
average;
median,
mode;
balance,
medium,
mediocrity,
generality;
golden mean
etc.
(mid-course)
628;
middle
etc.
68;
compromise
etc.
774;
middle course,
middle state;
neutrality.
mediocrity,
least common denominator.
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Roget 852:
fashion,
style,
ton,
bon ton†,
society;
good society,
polite society;
monde [Fr.];
drawing-room,
civilized life,
civilization,
town,
beau monde [Fr.],
high life,
court;
world;
fashionable world,
gay world;
Vanity Fair;
show
etc.
(ostentation)
822.
manners,
breeding
etc.
(politeness)
894;
air,
demeanor
etc.
(appearance)
448;
savoir faire [Fr.];
gentlemanliness†,
gentility,
decorum,
propriety,
biens_eance [Fr.];
conventions of society;
Mrs.
Grundy;
punctilio;
form,
formality;
etiquette,
point of etiquette;
dress
etc.
225.
custom
etc.
613;
mode,
vogue,
go;
rage
etc.
(desire)
865;
prevailing taste;
fad,
trend,
bandwagon,
furore†,
thing,
in thing,
craze,
chic,
last word.
man of fashion,
woman of fashion,
man of the world,
woman of the world;
height of fashion,
pink of fashion,
star of fashion,
glass of fashion,
leader of fashion;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]
etc.
(taste)
850;
the beautiful people,
the fashion set,
upper ten thousand
etc.
(nobility)
875;
elite
etc.
(distinction)
873;
smart set;
the four hundred [U.S.];
in crowd.
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Roget 613:
habit,
habitude;
assuetude†,
assuefaction†,
wont;
run,
way.
common state of things,
general state of things,
natural state of things,
ordinary state of things,
ordinary course of things,
ordinary run of things;
matter of course;
beaten path,
beaten track,
beaten ground.
prescription,
custom,
use,
usage,
immemorial usage,
practice;
prevalence,
observance;
conventionalism,
conventionality;
mode,
fashion,
vogue;
etiquette
etc.
(gentility)
852;
order of the day,
cry;
conformity
etc.
82;
consuetude,
dustoor†.
one's old way,
old school,
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule,
standing order,
precedent,
routine;
red-tape,
red-tapism†;
pipe clay;
rut,
groove.
cacoethes [Lat.];
bad habit,
confirmed habit,
inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit
&c.;
addiction,
trick.
training
etc.
(education)
537;
seasoning,
second nature,
acclimatization;
knack
etc.
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Dutch: mode, aanpak, manier, modus, stijl, trant, wijs, wijze
Polish: styl, stylistyka, genre, estetyka, konwencja
2 mode
A particular functioning condition or arrangement.
Polish: tryb
3 mode
A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility.
synonym: modality.
Polish: modalność
4 mode
Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
synonyms: modality, mood.
Roget 7:
state,
condition,
category,
estate,
lot,
ease,
trim,
mood,
pickle,
plight,
temper;
aspect
etc.
(appearance)
448,
dilemma,
pass,
predicament.
constitution,
habitude,
diathesis†;
frame,
fabric
etc.
329;
stamp,
set,
fit,
mold,
mould.
mode,
modality,
schesis†;
form
etc.
(shape)
240.
tone,
tenor,
turn;
trim,
guise,
fashion,
light,
complexion,
style,
character.
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Dutch: modus, wijs
Polish: tryb
5 mode
Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave.
synonym: musical mode.
Polish: modus
6 mode
The most frequent value of a random variable.
synonym: modal value.
Dutch: modus
Polish: moda, dominanta, wartość modalna, wartość najczęstsza
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