English noun: mode | |||
1. | mode (attribute) how something is done or how it happens | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | fashion, manner, style, way | ||
Broader (hypernym) | property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | artistic style, drape, fit, form, idiom, life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi, response, setup, signature, touch, wise | ||
2. | mode (state) a particular functioning condition or arrangement | ||
Samples | Switched from keyboard to voice mode. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
3. | mode a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | ||
Synonyms | modality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | logical relation | ||
4. | mode verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | ||
Synonyms | modality, mood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | grammatical relation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, indicative, indicative mood, interrogative, interrogative mood, jussive mood, optative, optative mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mood | ||
5. | mode (communication) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave | ||
Synonyms | musical mode | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diatonic scale | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | church mode, ecclesiastical mode, Greek mode, Gregorian mode, major diatonic scale, major scale, medieval mode, minor diatonic scale, minor scale | ||
6. | mode (cognition) the most frequent value of a random variable | ||
Synonyms | modal value | ||
Broader (hypernym) | average, norm | ||
Domain category | statistics | ||