mode
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7.9
- noun
- /moʊd/
- Specialized
:
modo
- One might, following Locke, call them complex as opposed to simple modes.
- subjunctive mode
Examples
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But the institutions it embodies and the mode of organization it exhibits are essential features of the social structure.
Academic text (1998) -
It is in the present mode.
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When interviewed, these students showed flexible use of each mode of representation.
Academic text (2010) -
It can turn this on skepticism itself as a mode of being, as a mode of acting.
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Of the 22 participants, 14 chose modeling and 8 chose imagery as the preferred mode of intervention.
Academic text (2004) -
For Rosenzweig, creation is expressed in the third person and the indicative mode ("God created the fishes").
Academic text (1992) -
Curiously, when he feels unsure what he's driving at, he switches to the imperative mode he's accustomed to as a doctor.
Academic text (2007) -
The strictures of the traditional rhetorical presidency further served to reinforce the significance of constitutional office by specifying the mode of presidential communication.
Academic text (1997) -
In linguistics, the mode of a verb can indicate whether a statement is a fact or a command.
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English has several verb modes, including indicative, imperative, and subjunctive.
Synonyms
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7.5
A verb form that shows the speaker's view of an action, like fact, command, or wish
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A pattern of musical notes used in old church music that gives a melody its own sound
- Archaic
A fast digital way to send small pieces of data that are the same size, such as voice and video
- Specialized
A pattern of eight notes that gives a piece of Western music its typical sound
- Specialized
A musical scale with a fixed pattern of notes used in ancient Greek music
- Specialized
A musical scale used in old church singing that gives chants a special sound
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mode comes from the Latin word modus, meaning 'manner' or 'measure', and in grammar it names the 'manner' a verb shows, like a command or a fact. So the grammatical mode tells you how the speaker thinks about the action.