mode

🇺🇸 /məʊd/ 🇬🇧 /məʊd/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
noun
B2

A way of doing or being something.

Email is a common mode of communication.

C1

A setting on a device for a specific function.

Set the camera to night mode for better photos.

R

A way of feeling or acting.

She is in work mode and very focused.

R

A style or trend.

This dress is in the latest mode.

R

A set of musical notes that form a scale.

The song uses a minor mode.

R

The number that appears most often in a list.

In the list 1, 2, 2, 3, the mode is 2.

translation

n. A way of doing or being something.; A setting on a device for a specific function.; A way of feeling or acting.; A style or trend.; A set of musical notes that form a scale.; The number that appears most often in a list.

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Plural modes