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mode

noun
/moʊd/US/məʊd/UK/mod/

Etymology

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

  1. derived from modus
  2. derived from mode

Definitions

  1. One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the…

    One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.

  2. A particular means of accomplishing something.

    • What was the mode of entry?
    • An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.

  3. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

    • After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
    • After being stabbed, he went into survival mode until he got to the hospital.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.

    2. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

    3. Style or fashion

      Style or fashion; popular trend.

      • Her wardrobe is always in mode.
      • The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.

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Derived

aeroplane mode, almost standards mode, altmode, antimode, asynchronous transfer mode, attract mode, bearmode, beast mode, big real mode, bi-mode, bimode, B-mode, boymode, collective mode, conjunctive mode, cooked mode, dark mode, debug mode, default mode network, dual mode, dual-mode, eigenmode, flat real mode, flight mode, founder mode, game mode, girlmode, goblin mode, god mode, Gregorian mode, hard mode, horde mode, intermode, intramode, Ionic mode, jiggle mode, linemode, long mode, major mode, man mode · +69 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mode. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at mode. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at mode

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA