Mode meaning

What does “mode” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“mode” is a noun with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: how something is done or how it happens.

mode

noun

  1. how something is done or how it happens

    “her dignified manner”

    “his rapid manner of talking”

  2. a particular functioning condition or arrangement

    “switched from keyboard to voice mode”

  3. a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

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

    Synonymsmoodmodality
  5. any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

    Synonymsmusical mode
  6. the most frequent value of a random variable

    Synonymsmodal value

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University