How to pronounce mode
American English pronunciation
MOHD
- IPA
- /ˈmoʊd/
- Syllables
- MOHD (1 syllable)
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What mode means
Most people know mode in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The number that shows up most often in a set of data
In a sentence: In the scores 3, 7, 7, 8 and 10, the mode is 7 because it shows up twice.
Where it comes from: It came through French from a Latin word meaning a measure.
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