Synonyms for Mode (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility):
modality
WordNet sense 2 (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker):
mood
WordNet sense 3 (any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave):
musical mode
WordNet sense 4 (the most frequent value of a random variable):
modal value
WordNet sense 5 (how something is done or how it happens):
fashion, manner, way, style
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