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[ noun ] how something is done or how it happens
Examples "her dignified manner" "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" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)When we say that a mythological mode of thought must be completely abandoned , we mean it must be abandoned as the sole or proper means for presenting the Christian understanding of existence . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The spectrometer was adjusted to minimize the amount of dispersion mode mixed_in with the absorption signal . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)That a writer who is gay cannot be serious is a common professional illusion , sedulously fostered by all_too many academics who mistakenly believe that their frivolous efforts should be taken seriously because they are expressed with that dreary solemnity which is the only mode of expression their authors are capable of . Related terms property wise life_style touch fit form artistic_style setup drape stylize |
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[ noun ] (grammar) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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[ noun ] (music) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
Synonyms Related terms diatonic_scale major_scale Greek_mode minor_scale ecclesiastical_mode |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
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[ noun ] a particular functioning condition or arrangement
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22794
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[ noun ] (mathematics,statistics) the most frequent value of a random variable
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