| NOUN | attribute | mode, manner, style, way, fashion | how something is done or how it happens |
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| state | mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement | |
| relation | mode, modality | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | |
| relation | mode, mood, modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | |
| communication | mode, musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic / diatonic notes within an octave | |
| cognition | mode, modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
| Sounds | mow'd | |
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| Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... | |
| Meaning | How something is done or how it happens. | |
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| Example | "their nomadic mode of existence" | |
| Synonyms | manner, style, way, fashion | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| response | The manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals | |
| setup | The way something is organized or arranged | |
| touch, signature | A distinguishing style | |
| wise | A way of doing or being | |
| Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
| Spanish | estilo, forma, guisa, manera, moda, modo, vía | |
| Catalan | estil, forma, manera, moda, mode | |
| Meaning | A particular functioning condition or arrangement. | |
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| Example | "switched from keyboard to voice mode" | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Meaning | A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. | |
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| Synonym | modality | |
| Broader | logical relation | A relation between propositions |
| Meaning | Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. | |
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| Synonyms | mood, modality | |
| Narrower | imperative mood, imperative, jussive mood, imperative form | A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior |
| indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood | A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact | |
| interrogative mood, interrogative | Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood | |
| optative mood, optative | A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope / hope | |
| subjunctive mood, subjunctive | A mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible | |
| Broader | grammatical relation | A linguistic relation established by grammar |
| Spanish | modo | |
| Catalan | mode | |
| Adjectives | modal | relating to or expressing the mood of a verb |
| Meaning | Any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic / diatonic notes within an octave. | |
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| Synonym | musical mode | |
| Narrower | Greek mode | Any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
| ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, church mode, medieval mode | Any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600 | |
| major scale, major diatonic scale | A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th | |
| minor scale, minor diatonic scale | A diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th | |
| Broader | diatonic scale | A scale with eight notes in an octave |
| Spanish | modo musical, modo | |
| Adjectives | modal | of or relating to a musical mode |
| Meaning | The most frequent value of a random variable. | |
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| Synonym | modal value | |
| 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 |
| Broader | average, norm | A statistic describing the location of a distribution |
| Spanish | moda, modo | |
| Catalan | mode | |
| Adjectives | modal | relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution |
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