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MODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
How something is done or how it happens
Example:
in an abrasive fashion
Synonyms:
fashion; manner; mode; style; way
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mode"):
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)
fit (the manner in which something fits)
form (a particular mode in which something is manifested)
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)
signature; touch (a distinguishing style)
wise (a way of doing or being)
response (the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The most frequent value of a random variable
Synonyms:
modal value; mode
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
average; norm (a statistic describing the location of a distribution)
Domain category:
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)
Derivation:
modal (relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Synonyms:
mode; musical mode
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
diatonic scale (a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mode"):
minor diatonic scale; minor scale (a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th)
major diatonic scale; major scale (a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th)
Greek mode (any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece)
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)
Derivation:
modal (of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mode"):
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; interrogative mood (some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood)
Derivation:
modal (relating to or expressing the mood of a verb)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
Synonyms:
modality; mode
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
logical relation (a relation between propositions)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A particular functioning condition or arrangement
Example:
switched from keyboard to voice mode
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mode" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Context examples:
Further, the expression of this gene in mature thymocytes is monoallelic, which represents an unusual regulatory mode for controlling the precise expression of a single gene.
(IL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Their mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens.
(Immunoadjuvant, NCI Thesaurus)
M. haemophilum has an unknown reservoir and mode of transmission and is known to be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.
(Mycobacterium haemophilum, NCI Thesaurus)
However, pimecrolimus mode of action is cell-selective and does not affect Langerhans' cells/dendritic cells and primary fibroblasts.
(Pimecrolimus, NCI Thesaurus)
This idea was probably suggested by the extreme agitation I had exhibited when the mode of the murder had been described.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
If more than one value occurs with the same greatest frequency, each value is a mode.
(Mode, NCI Thesaurus)
Each mode of inheritance results in a characteristic pattern of affected and unaffected family members.
(Inheritance Mode, NCI Dictionary)
IL2 expression in mature thymocytes is monoallelic, which represents an unusual regulatory mode for controlling expression of a single gene.
(Interleukin-2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
Method results in 100% bioavailability of the agent due to an absence of the absorption phase and provides a precise and continuous mode of drug therapy, especially for drugs with a narrow therapeutic index.
(Intravenous infusion, NCI Thesaurus)
Overzealous switching of these cells from the ‘pumping’ to the ‘repair’ mode can lead to atherosclerosis, resulting in the formation of ‘plaques’ in the blood vessels that block the blood flow.
(Observation of blood vessel cells changing function could lead to early detection of blocked arteries, University of Cambridge)
