mode

Meanings

• how something is done or how it happens
  • "their nomadic mode of existence"
• a particular functioning condition or arrangement
  • "switched from keyboard to voice mode"
• a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
• any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
• the most frequent value of a random variable

Synonyms

fashion, manner, modal value, modality, mood, musical mode, style, way