how something is done or how it happens; 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

[ Syn: manner , style , way , fashion ]

a particular functioning condition or arrangement; switched from keyboard to voice mode'

a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

[ Syn: modality ]

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

[ Syn: mood , modality ]

any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

[ Syn: musical mode ]

the most frequent value of a random variable

[ Syn: modal value ]