n.
1 way, manner, method, approach, form, course, fashion, procedure, technique, system, wise, modus operandi, methodology, standard operating procedure, SOP:
What mode of teaching foreign languages do you use?
2 status, condition, state, configuration, set-up:
The computer is now in printing mode.
n.
fashion, style, look, vogue; trend, rage, craze, Colloq fad:
We went to the ball dressed in the mode of the 1920s.
noun
ADJ.
normal, traditional, usual | effective
VERB + MODE
use
Try using some other mode of organization.
| change, switch to
He had no intention of changing his mode of attire. Switch from ‘receive’ mode to ‘transmit’ mode.
PREP.
in … ~
The machine is in its ‘suspend’ mode.
| ~ of
Their main mode of subsistence is hunting.
PHRASES
a mode of address, a mode of communication/expression, a mode of transport
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