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.

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