n.
- a way in which something occurs or is done:
his preferred mode of travel was a bike.
▸Computing a way of operating a system.
▸Physics any of the kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
▸Logic the character of a modal proposition.
▸Logic & Grammar another term for mood2.
- a style in clothes, art, etc.
- Statistics the value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.
- Music a set of notes forming a scale, from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.
Etymology
ME (in the musical and grammatical senses): from L. modus ‘measure’; cf. mood2.