mode

mode
mode [ moud ] noun **
▸ 1 way of living/doing something
▸ 2 way machine works
▸ 3 art/clothes/etc. fashion
▸ 4 in music
▸ 5 way of behaving
1. ) count a particular way of doing something:
mode of: an efficient mode of production
E-mail is becoming an increasingly popular mode of communication.
2. ) count one of a series of ways that a machine can be made to work:
in manual/automatic mode
3. ) count usually singular FORMAL a particular fashion or style of art, literature, clothes, etc.:
mode of: a novel written in the mode of a detective story
He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.
4. ) count TECHNICAL one of the systems available for arranging musical notes into tunes
5. ) singular or uncount INFORMAL a particular way of behaving or feeling, or a way of behaving or feeling that is appropriate for a particular situation or person:
in...mode: Don't ask me anything about work because I'm in vacation mode.
=> à LA MODE

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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