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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

mode / mōd/ • n. 1. a way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done: his preferred mode of travel was a kayak differences between language modes, namely speech and writing. ∎  an option allowing a change in the method of operation of a device, esp. a camera: a camcorder in automatic mode. ∎  Comput. a way of operating or using a system: some computers provide several so-called processor modes. ∎  Physics any of the distinct kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system. ∎  Logic the character of a modal proposition (whether necessary, contingent, possible, or impossible). ∎  Logic & Gram. another term for mood2 . 2. a fashion or style in clothes, art, literature, etc.: in the Seventies, the mode for activewear took hold. 3. Statistics the value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data. 4. Mus. a set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed. 5. (in full mode beige) a drab or light gray color.


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