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Another word for mode

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Noun

  1. The approach used to do something

      1. Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious:
      2. Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
      3. Shrewd; crafty:
      1. A road, path, or highway affording passage from one place to another.
      2. An opening affording passage:
      3. Space to proceed:
      1. An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions:
      2. A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts:
      3. A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components:
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. A method of operating or functioning.
      2. A person's manner of working.
      1. A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something:
      2. Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end:
      3. The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge:
      1. A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens:
      2. A way of acting; bearing or behavior:
      3. The socially correct way of acting; etiquette:
      1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
      2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
      3. Manner or mode; way:
    See also:

    means

  2. A distinctive way of expressing oneself

      1. Any of the membranous tubes that form a branching system and carry blood to the heart from the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
      2. A blood vessel of any kind; a vein or artery:
      3. One of the strands of vascular tissue that form the conducting and supporting framework in a leaf or other expanded plant organ.
      1. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
      2. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.
      3. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. A way of doing something or the way in which a thing is done or happens:
      2. A way of acting; bearing or behavior:
      3. The socially correct way of acting; etiquette:
      1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
      2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
      3. Manner or mode; way:
    See also:

    style

  3. Manner of being or form of existence

      1. Position relative to that of others; standing:
      2. High standing; prestige:
      3. The legal character or condition of a person or thing:
      1. A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances:
      2. A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development:
      3. A mental or emotional condition:
      1. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
      2. A critical, problematic, or striking set of circumstances:
      3. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings:
      1. A mode or state of being:
      2. Existing circumstances:
      3. Social position; rank.
    See also:

    be

  4. The current custom

      1. An object or entity that is not or cannot be named specifically:
      2. An individual object, especially an inanimate object:
      3. A creature:
      1. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style:
      2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity:
      3. To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots.
      1. A general tendency or course of events:
      2. Current style; vogue:
      3. The general direction of something:
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. Violent, explosive anger.
      2. A fit of anger.
      3. Furious intensity, as of a storm or disease.
      1. A general commotion; public disorder or uproar.
      2. Violent anger; frenzy.
      3. A fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad.
      1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
      2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
      3. Manner or mode; way:
      1. A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
      1. To cause to become mentally deranged or obsessed.
      2. To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
      3. To become mentally deranged or obsessed.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    usual

    style

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Another word for mode

Noun

  1. Manner

      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. The shape and structure of an object:
      2. The body or outward appearance of a person or an animal; figure:
      3. A model of the human figure or part of it used for displaying clothes.
      1. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note.
      2. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step.
      3. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant.
    See also:

    method

  2. The prevailing fashion

      1. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style:
      2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity:
      3. To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots.
      1. A formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession, or industry.
      2. The body of persons attending such an assembly:
      3. An agreement between states, sides, or military forces, especially an international agreement dealing with a specific subject, such as the treatment of prisoners of war.
      1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed:
      2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
      3. Sort; type:
      1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
      2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
      3. Manner or mode; way:
    See also:

    fashion

    fashion

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Sentence Examples

  • The indirect mode of budding (figs.

  • The radio had shifted into Christmas mode with one song after another.

  • Unable to find her when she was on stealth mode, he was acutely aware that he had no control over what was going on below.

  • Thus passed several years; he was still young, but his new mode of life produced its effects on a man of his imagination and saintly piety.

  • 9, but only its mode of attachment (X, fig.

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