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Mode Meaning: Examples, Usage, and Common Mistakes (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：operating setting (mode)

mode 🔊

/moʊd/

a particular setting or way a machine or program works

Smartphone settings menu with Mode highlighted and options like Silent and Vibrate

operating setting 🔊

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/ˈɑːpəˌreɪtɪŋ ˈsɛtɪŋ/

A specific configuration or state in which a machine, device, or software program functions.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'modus' meaning 'measure, manner'.

💡 Mnemonic

Mode = Mo (most often) + de (data), the most repeated value.

📖 Example

My washing machine has an eco mode that saves water and electricity. 🔊 My washing machine has an eco mode that saves water and electricity.

🔗 Collocations

switch to sleep mode – change to a low-power state

airplane mode – a setting that disables wireless communications

manual mode – a mode where the user controls all operations directly

🔄 Synonyms

setting (n.) – a position or level on a control device

configuration (n.) – an arrangement of parts or elements

function (n.) – a mode of action or operation

🚫 Antonyms

default (n.) – a standard or automatic setting

🌱 Derivatives

modify (v.) – to change or adjust

modular (adj.) – composed of separate units

📖 Cultural Story

In statistics, 'mode' was coined by Karl Pearson in the 1890s as the most frequent value, derived from Latin 'modus'.

Meaning 2：fashion style (mode)

mode 🔊

/moʊd/

a popular way of doing something or a fashion at a particular time

Fashion mood board with Summer Mode headline and colorful fabric swatches

fashion style 🔊

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/ˈfæʃən staɪl/

A prevailing or current style, fashion, or trend in a particular period or society.

📁 Category：Fashion Trends 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Wearing bright colors is the current mode in summer fashion. 🔊 Wearing bright colors is the current mode in summer fashion.

🔗 Collocations

the latest mode – the newest fashion trend

go out of mode – become unfashionable

mode of dress – a particular style of clothing

🔄 Synonyms

fashion (n.) – a popular style of clothing or behavior

trend (n.) – a general direction in which something is developing

vogue (n.) – the prevailing fashion or style

🚫 Antonyms

convention (n.) – a traditional way of doing things

🌱 Derivatives

modern (adj.) – relating to the present or recent times

modish (adj.) – fashionable or stylish

Meaning 3：most frequent value (mode)

mode 🔊

/moʊd/

the value that appears most often in a set of data

Bar chart showing mode as the tallest bar labeled 8 in a statistics class

most frequent value 🔊

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/moʊst ˈfriːkwənt ˈvæljuː/

In statistics, the value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Advanced

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

In the test scores of 7, 8, 8, 9, and 10, the mode is 8 because it appears twice. 🔊 In the test scores of 7, 8, 8, 9, and 10, the mode is 8 because it appears twice.

🔗 Collocations

calculate the mode – find the most common value

modal value – another term for mode in statistics

bimodal distribution – a distribution with two modes

🔄 Synonyms

modal value (n.) – the value that appears most often

peak (n.) – the highest frequency point in a distribution

most common value (n.) – the value with the highest frequency

🚫 Antonyms

outlier (n.) – a value far from most others

🌱 Derivatives

modal (adj.) – relating to the mode

multimodal (adj.) – having more than one mode