noun · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/moʊd/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Received-Pronunciation:/məʊd/
Scotland:/mod/
rhymes with -əʊd
homophone: mowed (except Scotland)
CMU ARPABET:M OW1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A particular means of accomplishing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
What was the mode of entry?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A particular means of accomplishing something.
A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
A state related to signals or vibrations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
A particular means of accomplishing something.
That which exists only as a quality of substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A particular means of accomplishing something.
A particular means of transportation as a class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: urban studies
Topics: transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: average
12
noun
Meaning 12
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
noun
Meaning 13
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.
One of several ancient Greek scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
A woman's mantle with a hood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
Style or fashion; popular trend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Her wardrobe is always in mode.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
17
noun
Meaning 17
how something is done or how it happens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
her dignified manner
his rapid manner of talking
their nomadic mode of existence
in the characteristic New York style
a lonely way of life
in an abrasive fashion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: manner, style, way, fashion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property
Narrower terms: artistic style, idiom, drape, fit, form, life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi, setup, touch, signature, wise, response
18
noun
Meaning 18
the most frequent value of a random variable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modal value
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: average, norm
19
noun
Meaning 19
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: musical mode
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diatonic scale
Narrower terms: ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode, Greek mode, major scale, major diatonic scale, minor scale, minor diatonic scale
20
noun
Meaning 20
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: logical relation
22
noun
Meaning 22
a particular functioning condition or arrangement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
switched from keyboard to voice mode
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
Etymology
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.
From French mode f (“fashion, trend”).
Across languages
Translations
157 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
лад
(lad)
— in music
Czech:
modus
— in music
Dutch:
wijs
— in music
Finnish:
moodi
— in music
Greek:
κλίμακα
(klímaka)
— in music
Greek:
ήχος
(íchos)
— in music
Hungarian:
hangsor
— in music
Hungarian:
hangnem
— in music
Ido:
modo
— in music
Norwegian Bokmål:
modus
— in music
Norwegian Nynorsk:
modus
— in music
Romanian:
mod
— in music
Russian:
лад
(lad)
— in music
Russian:
тона́льность
(tonálʹnostʹ)
— in music
Armenian:
եղանակ
(eġanak)
— means of accomplishing something
Armenian:
ձեւ
(jew)
— means of accomplishing something
Armenian:
կերպ
(kerp)
— means of accomplishing something
Bulgarian:
начин
(način)
— means of accomplishing something
Bulgarian:
способ
(sposob)
— means of accomplishing something
Chinese Mandarin:
方式
(fāngshì)
— means of accomplishing something
Chinese Mandarin:
辦法 /办法
(bànfǎ)
— means of accomplishing something
Dutch:
wijze
— means of accomplishing something
Esperanto:
maniero
— means of accomplishing something
Esperanto:
metodo
— means of accomplishing something
Estonian:
viis
— means of accomplishing something
Finnish:
tapa
— means of accomplishing something
Finnish:
keino
— means of accomplishing something
French:
manière
— means of accomplishing something
French:
façon
— means of accomplishing something
French:
mode
— means of accomplishing something
Georgian:
მეთოდი
(metodi)
— means of accomplishing something
Georgian:
საშუალება
(sašualeba)
— means of accomplishing something
German:
Art
— means of accomplishing something
Greek:
μέθοδος
(méthodos)
— means of accomplishing something
Greek:
τρόπος
(trópos)
— means of accomplishing something
Ancient Greek:
τρόπος
(trópos)
— means of accomplishing something
Hebrew:
דֶּרֶךְ
(derekh)
— means of accomplishing something
Hungarian:
mód
— means of accomplishing something
Hungarian:
módozat
— means of accomplishing something
Japanese:
モード
(mōdo)
— means of accomplishing something
Northern Kurdish:
awa
— means of accomplishing something
Northern Kurdish:
şêwe
— means of accomplishing something
Latin:
modus
— means of accomplishing something
Norwegian Bokmål:
modus
— means of accomplishing something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
modus
— means of accomplishing something
Polish:
sposób
— means of accomplishing something
Polish:
metoda
— means of accomplishing something
Portuguese:
modo
— means of accomplishing something
Russian:
ме́тод
(métod)
— means of accomplishing something
Russian:
мето́дика
(metódika)
— means of accomplishing something
Russian:
спо́соб
(spósob)
— means of accomplishing something
Russian:
лад
(lad)
— means of accomplishing something
Russian:
мане́ра
(manéra)
— means of accomplishing something
Scottish Gaelic:
modh
— means of accomplishing something
Scottish Gaelic:
dòigh
— means of accomplishing something
Spanish:
modo
— means of accomplishing something
Spanish:
medio
— means of accomplishing something
Ottoman Turkish:
طور
(tavr, tavır)
— means of accomplishing something
Ottoman Turkish:
یول
(yol)
— means of accomplishing something
Hungarian:
üzemmód
— a particular state of being, or frame of mind
Hungarian:
mód
— a particular state of being, or frame of mind
Swedish:
humör
— a particular state of being, or frame of mind
Arabic:
مِنْوَال
(minwāl)
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Bulgarian:
мода
(moda)
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Chinese Mandarin:
眾數 /众数
(zhòngshù)
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Czech:
modus
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Finnish:
moodi
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Finnish:
tyyppiarvo
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Hungarian:
módusz
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Icelandic:
tíðasta gildi
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Icelandic:
algengasta gildi
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Icelandic:
líklegasta gildi
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Italian:
moda
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Korean:
최빈값
(choebin'gap)
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Malay:
angkerap
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Malay:
mode
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Māori:
tau tānui
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Polish:
dominanta
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Polish:
wartość modalna
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Russian:
мо́да
(móda)
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Spanish:
moda
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Swedish:
typvärde
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Tagalog:
palasak
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Welsh:
modd
— statistics: the most frequently occurring value in a distribution
Finnish:
tila
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Hungarian:
módus
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Ido:
modo
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Russian:
режи́м
(režím)
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Russian:
состоя́ние
(sostojánije)
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Turkish:
mod
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Turkish:
kip
— mathematics, physics: state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
Belarusian:
рэжы́м
(režým)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Bulgarian:
режим
(režim)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Chinese Mandarin:
狀態 /状态
(zhuàngtài)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Chinese Mandarin:
模式
(móshì)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Czech:
režim
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Czech:
mód
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Danish:
tilstand
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Dutch:
modus
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Esperanto:
reĝimo
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Estonian:
režiim
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Finnish:
tila
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Finnish:
moodi
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
French:
mode
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Georgian:
რეჟიმი
(režimi)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Georgian:
მდგომარეობა
(mdgomareoba)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
German:
Modus
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
German:
Betriebsart
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Greek:
ρύθμιση
(rýthmisi)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Greek:
προσαρμογή
(prosarmogí)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Hungarian:
üzemmód
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Ido:
modo
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Indonesian:
modus
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Japanese:
モード
(mōdo)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Korean:
모드
(modeu)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Malay:
mod
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Māori:
aratau
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Norwegian Bokmål:
modus
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Norwegian Nynorsk:
modus
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Polish:
tryb
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Russian:
режи́м
(režím)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
на́чин рада
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
рѐжӣм
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
мо̑д
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
náčin rada
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
rèžīm
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Serbo-Croatian:
mȏd
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Swedish:
läge
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Turkish:
mod
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Ukrainian:
режи́м
(režým)
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours
Vietnamese:
chế độ
— computing: one of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours