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Mod
mod
mod
English
Noun
mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)
- (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- (Britain) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
- (slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
- (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
- (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
- 1992, "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch? (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn)
- I'd like to convert some of the arch[sic]mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
- 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
- These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
- 1992, "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch? (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn)
- (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
- (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
- (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
Usage notes
In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.
Synonyms
Verb
mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)
- (slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
- His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
- To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
- Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
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Adjective
mod
- Abbreviation of moderate., as in: low, moderate, high
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oð
Noun
mod n (singular definite modet, not used in plural form)
Synonyms
Preposition
mod
Synonyms
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
mōd n
- heart, mind, feeling
- c. 850, Bald's Leechbook iii. 442, 28:
- Abbodissum wē tǣcaþ ðæt hī inholde sīn and ðæs hālgan regoles gebodum eallum mōde þēowigen, […]
- We teach abbesses to be truly loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, […]
- Abbodissum wē tǣcaþ ðæt hī inholde sīn and ðæs hālgan regoles gebodum eallum mōde þēowigen, […]
- c. 850, Bald's Leechbook iii. 442, 28:
- courage, pride, grief, anger
- state of mind
Declension
Declension of mod (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Terms derived from mod
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Descendants
- English: mood
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē-.
Pronunciation
Noun
mod n
Declension
Declension of mod
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mooto.
Noun
mod
Inflection
Inflection of mod | |||
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nominative sing. | mod | ||
genitive sing. | modon | ||
partitive sing. | modod | ||
partitive plur. | modoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mod | modod | |
accusative | modon | modod | |
genitive | modon | modoiden | |
partitive | modod | modoid | |
essive-instructive | modon | modoin | |
translative | modoks | modoikš | |
inessive | modos | modoiš | |
elative | modospäi | modoišpäi | |
illative | ? | modoihe | |
adessive | modol | modoil | |
ablative | modolpäi | modoilpäi | |
allative | modole | modoile | |
abessive | modota | modoita | |
comitative | modonke | modoidenke | |
prolative | mododme | modoidme | |
approximative I | modonno | modoidenno | |
approximative II | modonnoks | modoidennoks | |
egressive | modonnopäi | modoidennopäi | |
terminative I | ? | modoihesai | |
terminative II | modolesai | modoilesai | |
terminative III | modossai | — | |
additive I | ? | modoihepäi | |
additive II | modolepäi | modoilepäi |
Derived terms
- käbedmod
- modkuva
- modpolišk
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лицо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika