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1. | [ noun ] how something is done or how it happens | |
Synonyms: | way style manner fashion | |
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" |
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Related terms: | property wise life_style touch fit form artistic_style setup drape stylize | |
2. | [ noun ] (grammar) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | |
Synonyms: | modality mood | |
Related terms: | grammatical_relation optative_mood subjunctive_mood imperative_mood interrogative_mood indicative_mood | |
3. | [ noun ] (music) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | |
Synonyms: | musical_mode | |
Related terms: | diatonic_scale major_scale Greek_mode minor_scale ecclesiastical_mode | |
4. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | |
Synonyms: | modality | |
Related terms: | logical_relation | |
5. | [ noun ] a particular functioning condition or arrangement | |
Examples: | "switched from keyboard to voice mode" |
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Related terms: | condition | |
6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22794 | |
7. | [ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) the most frequent value of a random variable | |
Synonyms: | modal_value | |
Related terms: | average statistics | |
Similar spelling: |
mod Moodie Mote mood Moad Mowdy Moudy Motte Moody moiety mot Mott moth Mota moot moat |