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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 that death-defying Ieap into the abysmaI muck! .. And here we stand, whiIe that demented maniac hurtIes... .. ...toward our President on our one and onIy mode of transportation... .. ...with Rita as prisoner, armed with machinery of mass destruction... .. .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West