mode | | |
n. (attribute) | 1. fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ artistic style, idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement.; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" |
| ~ drape | the manner in which fabric hangs or falls.; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" |
| ~ fit | the manner in which something fits.; "I admired the fit of her coat" |
| ~ form | a particular mode in which something is manifested.; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" |
| ~ life-style, life style, lifestyle, modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes. |
| ~ setup | the way something is organized or arranged.; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" |
| ~ signature, touch | a distinguishing style.; "this room needs a woman's touch" |
| ~ wise | a way of doing or being.; "in no wise"; "in this wise" |
| ~ response | the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals. |
n. (state) | 2. mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement.; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
n. (linkdef) | 3. modality, mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. |
| ~ logical relation | a relation between propositions. |
n. (linkdef) | 4. modality, mode, mood | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. |
| ~ grammatical relation | a linguistic relation established by grammar. |
| ~ common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact. |
| ~ subjunctive, subjunctive mood | a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible. |
| ~ optative, optative mood | a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs. |
| ~ imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood | a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior. |
| ~ interrogative mood, interrogative | some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood. |
n. (communication) | 5. mode, musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. |
| ~ diatonic scale | a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones. |
| ~ church mode, ecclesiastical mode, gregorian mode, medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode. |
| ~ greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece. |
| ~ major diatonic scale, major scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th. |
| ~ minor diatonic scale, minor scale | a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th. |
n. (cognition) | 6. modal value, mode | the most frequent value of a random variable. |
| ~ statistics | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters. |
| ~ average, norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution.; "it set the norm for American homes" |
vogue | | |
n. (cognition) | 1. style, trend, vogue | the popular taste at a given time.; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" |
| ~ appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values).; "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
| ~ new look | a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt. |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ bandwagon | a popular trend that attracts growing support.; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" |
n. (state) | 2. vogue | a current state of general acceptance and use. |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
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