Mode Definition

mōd
modes
noun
modes
A manner or way of acting, doing, or being; method or form.
Webster's New World
A given condition of functioning; a status or operation.
The spacecraft was in its recovery mode.
American Heritage
Customary usage, or current fashion or style, as in manners or dress.
Webster's New World
Modality or the form of a proposition with reference to its modality.
Webster's New World
The form, or way of being, of something, as distinct from its substance.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mode

Noun

Singular:
mode
Plural:
modes

Origin of Mode

  • Middle English tune from Latin modus manner, tune Sense 2, French from Old French fashion, manner from Latin modus med- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody")

    From Wiktionary

  • From French mode.

    From Wiktionary

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