mode
/moʊd/
noun
- A particular way or style of doing something.
- The car has a sport mode that makes it go faster.
- She switched her phone to silent mode during the meeting.
- In learning mode, the app shows hints for each question.
- A fashion or style of dress, behavior, or living that is popular at a particular time.
- Minimalism is a popular mode of interior design right now.
- The mode of communication has shifted from letters to emails.
- Long skirts were the mode in the 1970s.
- In statistics, the value that appears most frequently in a set of data.
- Unlike the mean, the mode is not affected by extremely high or low values.
- The teacher asked the class to find the mode of their test scores.
- In the numbers 2, 3, 3, 5, 7, the mode is 3.
- In music, a type of scale or key, such as major or minor.
- Many traditional folk songs use a different mode than modern pop music.
- The song is written in the Dorian mode, which gives it a unique sound.
- The composer switched from a major mode to a minor mode to create a sadder mood.