mode

(noun) how something is done or how it happens. Synonyms: manner, style, way, fashion. Examples: "Her dignified manner." "His rapid manner of talking." "Their nomadic mode of existence." "In the characteristic new york style." "A lonely way of life." "In an abrasive fashion."

(noun) a particular functioning condition or arrangement. Example: "Switched from keyboard to voice mode."

(noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility. Synonyms: modality.

(noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker. Synonyms: mood, modality.

(noun) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave. Synonyms: musical mode.

(noun) the most frequent value of a random variable. Synonyms: modal value.