mode in WordNet English dictionary

1. how something is done or how it happens
   "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"
   manner  mode  style  way  fashion 
   
2. the most frequent value of a random variable
   mode  modal value 
   
3. a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
   modality  mode 
   
4. verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
   mood  mode  modality 
   
5. any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
   mode  musical mode 
   
6. a particular functioning condition or arrangement
   "switched from keyboard to voice mode"
   mode