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(noun) the most frequent value of a random variable |
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Related Words: average, norm |
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(noun) any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
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Synonyms: musical mode |
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Related Words: Greek mode, Gregorian mode, church mode, diatonic scale, ecclesiastical mode, major diatonic scale, major scale, medieval mode, minor diatonic scale, minor scale |
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(noun) a manner of performance; "a manner of living"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a way of life" |
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Synonyms: fashion, manner, style, way |
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Related Words: artistic style, fit, form, idiom, life style, life-style, lifestyle, method, modus vivendi, property, setup, signature, touch, wise |
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(noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
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Synonyms: modality, mood |
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Related Words: common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, grammatical relation, imperative, imperative mood, indicative, indicative mood, interrogative, interrogative mood, jussive mood, optative, optative mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mood |
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(noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
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Synonyms: modality |
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Related Words: logical relation |
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