mania(STRONG INTEREST)disapproving

modenoun (MUSIC)

[ C ] music specialized
a type of musical scale (= a set of notes played or sung in order) :
Certain musical modes can suggest certain moods and atmospheres.
Many composers advocated the use of modes in order to achieve a particular expression to their music.
They learnt how to adapt to playing the quarter tones and modes common in Middle Eastern music.
Any mode, as long as its order of tones and semitones is maintained, can be transposed to any pitch.
Their music mixes African themes and modes with international pop energy.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Technical music terms
acciaccatura
accidental
aeolian
aleatory
alto clef
antiphonal
discordant
harmonic
harmonic progression
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
inversion
overtone
ritardando
rubato
scherzando
scordatura
secco recitative
voice part
whole step

mode | American Dictionary

mode
noun[ C ]
us/moʊd/

modenoun[C] (WAY)

a way of operating, living, or behaving:
Good teachers get their students into a learning mode.
Each department has its own mode of operation.

modenoun[C] (MUSIC)

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

modenoun[C] (NUMBER)

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

mode | Business English

mode
noun
uk /məʊd/us
[ C ]
a way of doing something:
mode of transportation/locomotion/productionThe bicycle is still a crucial mode of transportation within Beijing.
Fax was our main mode of communication until email came along.
[ C or U ]
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.
[ U ]
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 modeWhen you are managing a business in crisis mode, you have to take tough decisions.
in attack/defensive modeIf stakeholders are seen as adversaries, this puts the organization in defensive mode.
growth/expansion mode
[ S ]
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.
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