mode

modo, método

Una manera concreta de hacer algo o conseguir que ocurra.

En inglés sencillo: A particular way of doing something or making something happen.

• Walking is my usual mode of transport.
• The study compared two modes of learning.
• They adopted a different mode of communication.

Cómo se usa: mode of something (Cycling is a cheap mode of travel.)

Sinónimos: method, way

Expresiones frecuentes: mode of transport, mode of communication, mode of operation

forma, tipo

Un tipo o una forma particular que puede tener algo.

En inglés sencillo: A particular type or form that something can have.

• The essay explores different modes of existence.
• Poetry became her preferred mode of expression.
• Light can travel in several modes through the fiber.

Cómo se usa: mode of something (The book examines different modes of thought.)

Sinónimos: form, type

Expresiones frecuentes: mode of existence, mode of expression, different modes

modo

Conjunto de notas ordenadas de una manera concreta que da a la música un sonido característico.

En inglés sencillo: A set of musical notes arranged in a particular order, giving music a particular sound.

• This tune uses the Dorian mode.
• Different modes give melodies different moods.
• Can you play this mode on the guitar?

Sinónimos: scale

Expresiones frecuentes: Dorian mode, musical mode, play a mode

moda

Valor que aparece más veces en un conjunto de números o datos.

En inglés sencillo: The value that appears most often in a set of numbers or other information.

• The mode is seven.
• Find the mode of these numbers.
• This set has two modes because two values occur equally often.

Cómo se usa: the mode of something (The mode of this data set is twelve.)

Expresiones frecuentes: calculate the mode, mode of something

moda

Estilo de vestir o comportarse que es popular en una época determinada.

En inglés sencillo: The style of clothes or behavior that is popular at a particular time.

• Her dress follows the latest mode.
• His hat was once in the mode.
• Paris influenced the modes of the period.

Sinónimos: fashion, style

Expresiones frecuentes: latest mode, in the mode

modo

Forma del verbo que indica si se expresa un hecho, un deseo, una orden o una posibilidad.

En inglés sencillo: A verb form showing whether something is a fact, wish, command, or possibility.

• This verb is in the conditional mode.
• The language has several verbal modes.
• The subjunctive mode can express a wish.

Sinónimos: mood

Expresiones frecuentes: conditional mode, subjunctive mode, indicative mode