Words / B1

MOHD/məʊd/

A mode is a way of doing something: a mode of transport; exam mode. Method and way are close twins. Mood is a mix-up (already in the dictionary). Campus: the default mode of transport is the bus.

Meaning

A way of doing something or of operating (mode of transport; exam mode).

Examples

• “The default mode of transport to campus is the bus, not a taxi.”
• “Switch the calculator to exam mode; a phone is still banned.”

Good to know

a mode of + noun. Close: a method / a way. Mix-up: mood. Travel / IT / exams. Countable ways of operating.

Near in meaning

method

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