modes 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of mode
1
as in manners
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words uses a colloquial mode of expression for his informal essays

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2
as in moods
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

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modes

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of mode
as in trends
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time slim, tanned bodies are definitely the mode at this beach resort

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Recent Examples of modes
Noun
Virtual try-on is spilling out of beta and into real shopping carts, with supermarket kiosks, iOS apps and AI search modes all racing to show you how a garment, frame or ring will actually look. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026 The Kiwi Wellness Eye Massager adds massage modes and Bluetooth audio, sitting closer to a lifestyle gadget than a therapeutic device. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Lenovo also mixes power profiles into these modes, allowing each preset to optimize the balance between performance and efficiency. — Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026 There are five riding modes, shaping up as three preset modes and two that can be customized to your preferences. — New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026 Brush Air’s Design and Daily Use Brush Air offers a slim, pen-style design with four brushing modes, which Bixdo presents as a lightweight option for travel. — Advertorial, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 Fine art’s real estate crisis and its wholesale entrenchment in money laundering perhaps commend the political possibilities of unfine modes? — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Who knows how ubiquitous these modes of silence are for particular minorities? — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The measurements revealed electronic modes whose responses to temperature and magnetic fields matched theoretical expectations for a PDW, including modes that survived above the superconducting critical temperature. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modes
  1. manners
  2. moods
  3. trends
  4. styles
  5. spirits
  6. rages
  7. tones
  8. enthusiasms
Noun
  • Swift drops clues in all manners and the Swifties almost always unearth the meaning behind them.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On the one hand, Julian Fellowes’ juicy melodrama enlists one of the finest ensembles imaginable to bring outsized intensity to a drama of manners.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of manners
Noun
  • An interactive brew bar will pair Kiehl’s skin care ingredients with customers’ moods and skin concerns.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • My music can be appreciated by a lot of different people in a lot of different places and energies and moods.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of moods
Noun
  • Astronomers like to look at large populations of objects because bigger sample sizes should better reveal trends in their properties.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The technological infrastructure appears at the same time as changes in macroeconomic and consumer trends in the luxury apparel industry, and demand for made-to-order clothing remains due to an increasing emphasis on longevity and value.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • To outlast the best and bring Street Fighter to the big screen, stunt coordinator John Valera paid close attention to the combat styles in the video game.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The styles of the regency era pulled heavily from the classics, referencing the soft, romantic texture of Greek goddesses.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of styles
Noun
  • The wines and spirits division maintained its momentum with a 6 percent increase in organic sales, while revenues in perfumes and cosmetics were flat in the quarter.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • These competitive spirits must defeat someone else, proving their mastery of the English language in the arena.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of spirits
Noun
  • Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Until there is, the debate over the sustainability of the memory cycle and the appropriate earnings multiple rages on.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of rages
Noun
  • That paper, called EquiOx, was intended to help researchers understand why pulse oximeters overestimated blood oxygen levels in patients with darker skin tones.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of tones
Noun
  • Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026
Definition of enthusiasms

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“Modes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modes. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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