Definition of "mode" []

• A manner, way, or method of doing or acting: modern modes of travel. See Synonyms at method. (noun)
• A particular form, variety, or manner: a mode of expression. (noun)
• A given condition of functioning; a status: The spacecraft was in its recovery mode. (noun)
• The current or customary fashion or style. See Synonyms at fashion. (noun)
• Music Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music. (noun)

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• "Something was said of the propriety of walling up the culprit alive, -- a mode of disposing of small family-matters somewhat _à la mode_ in those times."
• "This mode of thinking is the _mode of re-creation_, of realization."
• "Panasonic's iA (Intelligent Auto) mode is further advanced in the FX700 with the addition of Motion Deblur mode* by updating the motion detection (Intelligent ISO Control) and brightness control (Intelligent Exposure) to gain the highest shutter speed possible."