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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymode I \ˈmōd\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English moede, from Latin modusmeasure, manner, musical mode — more at mete DATE 14th century1. a. an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals b. a rhythmical scheme (as in 13th and 14th century music)2. mood II,23. [Late Latin modus, from Latin] a. mood II,1 b. the modal form of the assertion or denial of a logical proposition4. a. a particular form or variety of something flying and other modes of transport b. a form or manner of expression : style5. a possible, customary, or preferred way of doing something explained in the usual solemn mode6. a. a manifestation, form, or arrangement of being; specifically : a particular form or manifestation of an underlying substance b. a particular functioning arrangement or condition : status a spacecraft in reentry mode a computer operating in parallel mode7. a. the most frequent value of a set of data b. a value of a random variable for which a function of probabilities defined on it achieves a relative maximum8. any of various stationary vibration patterns of which an elastic body or oscillatory system is capable the vibration mode of an airplane propeller blade the vibrational modes of a moleculeSynonyms: see method II noun ETYMOLOGY French, from Latin modus DATE circa 1645: a prevailing fashion or style (as of dress or behavior)Synonyms: see fashionEnglish Etymologymode 1. mode (1) "manner," late 14c., "kind of musical scale," from L.modus "measure, rhythm, song, manner" (in L.L. also "mood" in grammar and logic), from PIE base *med-/*met- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" (cf. L. meditari "to think or reflect upon, consider," mederi "to look after, heal, cure;" O.E. metan "to measure out," Gk. medein "to rule"). Meaning "manner in which a thing is done" first recorded 1667. 2. mode (2) "current fashion," 1640s, from Fr. mode, from L. modus"manner" (see mode (1)).Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7modemode / mEud; NAmE moud / noun1. [C] a particular way of doing sth; a particular type of sth 方式；风格；样式: a mode of communication 交流方式 a mode of behaviour 行为模式 environment-friendly modes of transport 环保型的运输模式 2. [C, U] the way in which a piece of equipment is set to perform a particular task (设备的)模式,工作状态: Switch the camera into the automatic mode. 将照相机调到自动拍摄状态。 3. [U] a particular way of feeling or behaving (情感或行为的)状态,状况: to be in holiday mode 处于欢乐的气氛中 4. [C, usually sing.] a particular style or fashion in clothes, art, etc. (衣着、艺术等的)形式,风格: a pop video made by a director who really understands the mode 由真正了解流行风格的制作人制作的流行音乐录像带 ⇨ see also à la mode (1), modish 5. [sing.] (technical 术语) a set of notes in music which form a scale (音乐的)调式: major / minor mode 大调/小调调式 6. [sing.] (mathematics 数) the value that appears most frequently in a series of numbers 众数(一组数字中出现次数最多的数)Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmode noun ADJ. normal, traditional, usual | effective VERB + MODE use Try using some other mode of organization. | change, switch to He had no intention of changing his mode of attire. Switch from ‘receive’ mode to ‘transmit’ mode. PREP. in … ~ The machine is in its ‘suspend’ mode. | ~ of Their main mode of subsistence is hunting. PHRASES a mode of address, a mode of communication/expression, a mode of transportWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedmodeI. \ˈmōd\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English moede, from Latin modus measure, manner, musical mode — more at mete1. a. : a musical arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of various fixed schemes of their intervals — see ecclesiastical mode, greek mode b. : a rhythmical scheme; specifically : one of the six metrical patterns in 13th and 14th century music corresponding to the feet (as trochee or dactyl) in classical poetry and expressed in triple time2. : mood II 2b < the indicative mode of flat assertion alone — Weston La Barre >3. [Late Latin modus, from Latin, measure, manner] a. : mood II 1a b. : the manner in which a logical proposition is asserted or denied especially as being possible, impossible, necessary, or contingent4. a. : a particular form or variety of something < a large and overpowering set of brothers and sisters, who were modes or replicas of the same type — Henry Adams > < her anguish of the night before was in another mode — Josephine Pinckney > < separating movement on foot from other modes of traffic — Lewis Mumford > b. : a form, pattern, or manner of expression : style < the only English poet who has adapted it to his needs as a regular poetic mode — W.H.Gardner > < his romanticism (his first literary mode) — Austin Warren > < perhaps the major expressive mode of his day, the mode of the liberal Emersonian sermon — R.P.Blackmur >5. : a manner of doing something or of performing a particular function or activity < as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress — U.S. Constitution > < new modes of experimentation had to be developed — J.B.Conant > < the Renaissance mode of thinking in symbols — Michael Kitson >6. : a condition or state of being : a manifestation, form, or manner of arrangement; specifically : a particular form or manifestation of some underlying substance, or of some permanent aspect or attribute of such a substance — compare : mixed mode, simple mode7. : a state or manner of living : custom < a homogeneous population that departs reluctantly from long-accepted institutions and modes — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < bound up with regional modes of feeling and local traditions — Van Wyck Brooks > < a sedentary agricultural-hunting mode of life — R.W.Murray >8. : the value of the variable in a statistical distribution for which the frequency is a maximum : the value that occurs most frequently :the most common value < whenever the talk is of Americans the image is always one of the mode or average person — Saturday Review >9. : any of various stationary-vibration patterns of which an elastic body or an oscillatory system is capable < the vibration modes and frequencies of the airplane were computed — Wilhemina Kroll >specifically : the vibration pattern of electromagnetic waves (as in lines or wave guides) < in the field of radar theory the various modes in which waves are propagated are designated by different symbols — Television & Radar Encyc. >10. : the actual mineral composition of a rock as distinguished from the norm11. crystallog : the type of lattice (as primitive or body-centered) < lattice-mode >Synonyms: see method, stateII. noun(-s)Etymology: French, from Latin modus measure, manner — more at mete1. : a prevailing fashion or style of dress or behavior < harbored the cultural backwash of Europe and looked to its stale romanticism as the mode — H.F.Mooney > < sleeping on top of television sets in the mode of the day for cats — New Yorker > < the contemporary mode > < the newest mode in dresses > < all the mode >2. : alamodeSynonyms: see fashionnmoderate

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