mode

mode, méthode

Une manière particulière de faire quelque chose ou de provoquer un résultat.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : mode of something (Cycling is a cheap mode of travel.)

Synonymes : method, way

Expressions courantes : mode of transport, mode of communication, mode of operation

forme, mode

Un type ou une forme particulière que peut prendre quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : mode of something (The book examines different modes of thought.)

Synonymes : form, type

Expressions courantes : mode of existence, mode of expression, different modes

mode

Ensemble de notes disposées dans un ordre particulier qui donne à la musique une sonorité caractéristique.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : scale

Expressions courantes : Dorian mode, musical mode, play a mode

mode

Valeur qui apparaît le plus souvent dans un ensemble de nombres ou de données.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : the mode of something (The mode of this data set is twelve.)

Expressions courantes : calculate the mode, mode of something

mode

Style de vêtements ou de comportement en vogue à une époque donnée.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : fashion, style

Expressions courantes : latest mode, in the mode

mode

Forme du verbe indiquant si l’on exprime un fait, un souhait, un ordre ou une possibilité.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : mood

Expressions courantes : conditional mode, subjunctive mode, indicative mode