modenoun
uk/məʊd/us/moʊd/mode noun (WAY)
C1 [ C or U ] formal a way of operating, living, or behaving:
Each department in the company has its own mode of operation.
Railways are an important mode of transport for the economy.
Switch your phone to silent mode.
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- He was in full competitive mode that night.
- You should switch the machine to audio mode.
- The company is in cost-cutting mode.
- The mode of suicide reflects the personality of the victim.
- We have yet to identify the mode of contamination.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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mode noun (MATHEMATICS)
[ C ] specialized mathematics the number or value that appears most often in a particular set
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Numbers generally
- antilogarithm
- Arabic numeral
- C, c
- cardinal
- D, d
- digit
- I, i
- infinity
- L, l
- log
- logarithm
- M, m
- million
- nos
- number
- ordinal
- quantitative
- serial number
- whole number
- X, x
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mode noun (FASHION)
be the mode formal
(especially of clothes) to be fashionable at a particular time:
Miniskirts were very much the mode in the 60s.
See also
à la mode
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Fashion
- clothes horse
- collection
- come
- couture
- cover girl
- designer
- fashion
- fashionista
- haute couture
- high street
- look
- mannequin
- milliner
- model
- steampunk
- style
- supermodel
- swag
- the fashion police
- trend
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Modern & fashionable