How to spell mode

Mode is spelled M-O-D-E.

hear itmode/moʊd/nounRules and real life

What it means: A particular setting or way a machine operates.

In a sentence: I changed the car to sports mode to make it go faster.

Same family: modal, modality, modally, major-scale, minor-scale. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Mode comes from the Latin word 'modus,' meaning 'measure' or 'manner.' In music, this idea of a 'measured way' of using notes became our modern concept of musical modes.

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