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Mode

noun

How something is done or how it happens. Synonyms: fashion, manner, style, way. "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"

A particular functioning condition or arrangement.

A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. Synonym: modality.

Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. Synonyms: modality, mood.

Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. Synonym: musical mode.

The most frequent value of a random variable. Synonym: modal value.

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... from God the dower They have, and have despised as dearth, And scorn as low their human lot, With frantic pride, too blind to see That standing on the head makes not Either for ease or dignity! But fools shall feel like fools to find (Too late inform'd) that angels' mirth Is one in cause, and mode, and kind With that ...

— The Angel in the House • Coventry Patmore

... amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no State, without its consent, shall ...

— Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition • J.A. James

... which in closely related forms are well developed, atrophied or entirely wanting. As a rule this is a distinct advantage rather than a disadvantage to the parasite, for those parts or organs that are lost would be useless or even in the way in its special mode ...

— Insects and Diseases - A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread - or Cause some of our Common Diseases • Rennie W. Doane

... you from Egypt, and especially those of you from Judah, have no faith in our gods, or sympathy with our mode of worship. From your infancy ye have been taught to do homage to the God of your fathers and to his worship ye have pledged your future lives. The King of Babylon, in his great wisdom, has seen fit to put no obstacles between you and the worship of ...

— The Young Captives - A Story of Judah and Babylon • Erasmus W. Jones

... This mode of treating the remains of a felo de se was (on the 8th July 1823) abolished by Act of Parliament (stat. 4 Geo. IV). The remains of a felo de se are ordered by that act to be buried privately in the churchyard, but without the performance of any rites of Christian ...

— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren

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