The Clue
Method (4 letter answer)
The Answer
MODE
Tags
Notes
The answer MODE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.
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Definition
MODE as a noun:
1. (manner, mode, style, way, fashion) = 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"
2. a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"
3. (modality, mode) = a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
4. (mood, mode, modality) = verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
5. (mode, musical mode) = any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
6. (mode, modal value) = the most frequent value of a random variable