Betekenis van mode In het Nederlands

• 0 a way of operating, living, or behaving:

  • Each department in the company has its own mode of operation.

  • Railways are an important mode of transport for the economy.

  • Switch your phone to silent mode.

• 1 the number or value that appears most often in a particular set

• 2 (especially of clothes) to be fashionable at a particular time:

  • Miniskirts were very much the mode in the 60s.

• 3 a way of operating, living, or behaving:

  • Good teachers get their students into a learning mode.

  • Each department has its own mode of operation.

• 4 an arrangement of half steps and whole steps (= differences in sound) in an octave (= series of eight notes)

• 5 the number or value that appears the most often in a particular set of numbers or values

• 6 a way of doing something:

  • mode of transportation/locomotion/production The bicycle is still a crucial mode of transportation within Beijing.

  • Fax was our main mode of communication until email came along.

• 7 one of several ways that a machine or device operates:

  • Do you leave your computer in standby mode overnight?

  • New electro-hydraulic brakes include the usual automatic and manual modes.

• 8 a person's or organization's condition or way of behaving at a particular time, because of the situation they are in:

  • in emergency/crisis mode When you are managing a business in crisis mode, you have to take tough decisions.

  • in attack/defensive mode If stakeholders are seen as adversaries, this puts the organization in defensive mode.

  • growth/expansion mode

• 9 the number or value which appears most often in a particular set:

  • The survey results are based on calculation of the mode for each question.