word-vault/dist/data/cards/mo/mode.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "mode",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a particular way of doing something; a particular type of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a mode of communication"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mode of behaviour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "environment-friendly modes of transport"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their main mode of subsistence is hunting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try using some other mode of organization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Walking was his preferred mode of travel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone is categorized in the same mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to get out of this mode of thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Under feudalism, the dominant mode of production was based on the ownership of land."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["normal", "traditional", "usual"],
                "verb + mode": ["adopt", "use", "enter"],
                "preposition": ["in…mode", "mode of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a mode of address",
                    "a mode of communication",
                    "a mode of expression"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the way in which a piece of equipment is set to perform a particular task",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Switch the camera into the automatic mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can also use this computer game in two-player mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most digital cameras have an automatic mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Switch from ‘receive’ mode to ‘transmit’ mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The machine is in its ‘suspend’ mode."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The phone displays a clock when in standby mode."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["normal", "traditional", "usual"],
                "verb + mode": ["adopt", "use", "enter"],
                "preposition": ["in…mode", "mode of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a mode of address",
                    "a mode of communication",
                    "a mode of expression"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a particular way of feeling or behaving",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be in holiday mode"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're in crisis mode at the moment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He continued, but in a less aggressive mode."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["normal", "traditional", "usual"],
                "verb + mode": ["adopt", "use", "enter"],
                "preposition": ["in…mode", "mode of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a mode of address",
                    "a mode of communication",
                    "a mode of expression"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a particular style or fashion in clothes, art, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pop video made by a director who really understands the mode"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had no intention of changing his mode of attire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you think of her mode of dress?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a set of notes in music that form a scale",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**major/minor mode**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the value that appears most frequently in a series of numbers",
            "labels": "(mathematics)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məʊd/",
                "audio": "mo/mode/mode__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məʊd/",
                "audio": "mo/mode/mode__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the musical and grammatical senses): from Latin modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete; compare with mood in its grammatical sense."
}