mode

¹mode

noun

Definition of MODE

1

a distinctive way of putting ideas into words <uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays>

Synonyms fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology, tone, vein

Related Words address, delivery, elocution; archaism, colloquialism, regionalism; acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom

2

a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion <when I'm in my cooking mode, I just have to go into the kitchen and make something>

Synonyms cheer, feather, humor, mode, spirit, temper

Related Words angle, attitude, mind-set, outlook, perspective, slant, standpoint, viewpoint; emotion, feeling, heart, passion, sentiment; strain; belief, conviction, judgment (or judgement), mind, opinion; expression, tone, vein; character, disposition, identity, individuality, makeup, mettle, personality, selfhood, self-identity, temper, temperament; responsiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity