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mode

Definition

  • noun: a particular form or type 'of' something (such as transportation or behavior)
  • noun: an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals
  • synonyms: aeolian mode, aristotelian sorites, dorian mode

Examples

  • He goes into attack 'mode' [=he becomes very hostile and aggressive] whenever his decisions are questioned.

  • We're changing the factory's 'mode' [='method'] 'of' operation in order to save money.

  • When I'm in my creative 'mode' [=when I'm feeling creative], I can write for hours.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends and enemies, meet the future! The future what? The future mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now, I'm not going to make a lot of extravagant claims. (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid