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Definition: MODUS |
MODUSNoun1. A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi. 2. A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, and the like. 3. The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance. |
Date "MODUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Modus \Mo"dus\, noun; plural Modi. [Latin expression See Mode.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MODUs | English | Mobile Offshore Drilling Units | N/A |
| MO | English | Modus Operandi | Public Administration, Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Causation; instrumentality; influence; action; (voluntary); modus operandi. |
Conduct | Course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding; role; process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating; method; path. |
Method | Noun: method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure; (line of conduct). |
Pacification | Truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MODUS |
| English words defined with "MODUS": Modi, modus operandi, modus vivendi ♦ Rank modus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MODUS": FINGERPRINT CLASSIFIER ♦ HEATHEN ♦ INVESTIGATOR, NARCOTICS ♦ modus ponens ♦ narcotics investigator, natural deduction ♦ Oracle of Sieve and Shears ♦ Smoke Silver, SUPERVISOR, IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATIONS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MODUS": Commode ♦ modest, modicum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "MODUS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (mood), Dutch (fashion, mode), German (mode, mood, way), Latin (a measure, bound, limit /manner, manner, measure, method, modal, mode, rhythm, song, way), Serbo-Croatian (modus, mood), Swedish (mode). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Taylor Nelson Sofres Modus research shows, organisations having Internet access use the service for mainly e-mailing, web-browsing, gathering financial, economic market information and communicating with their clients through the company's homepage. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Hungary | In November charges were filed against Aron Modus and six other persons for publishing the anti-Semitic "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," on the grounds that the book was a misleading account of Jewish history. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEATHEN, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel. According to Professor Howison, of the California State University, Hebrews are heathens. "The Hebrews are heathens!" says Howison. He's A Christian philosopher. I'm A scurril agnostical chap, if you please, Addicted too much to the crime Of religious discussion in my rhyme. Though Hebrew and Howison cannot agree On a modus vivendi -- not they! -- Yet Heaven has had the designing of me, And I haven't been reared in a way To joy in the thick of the fray. For this of my creed is the soul and the gist, And the truth of it I aver: Who differs from me in his faith is an 'ist, And 'ite, an 'ie, or an 'er -- And I'm down upon him or her! Let Howison urge with perfunctory chin Toleration -- that's all very well, But a roast is "nuts" to his nostril thin, And he's running -- I know by the smell -- A secret and personal Hell! Bissell Gip |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | The whole modus operandi of the Democratic Party is the politics of personal destruction. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "MODUS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.06% of the time. "MODUS" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.06% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "MODUS": modus decimandi ♦ modus operandi ♦ modus ponens ♦ modus vivendi ♦ rank modus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
modus neo | 83 |
modus operandi | 47 |
modus furniture | 31 |
modus.com neo | 28 |
modus media | 24 |
modus | 22 |
modus ponens | 18 |
furniture international modus | 15 |
modus vivendi | 12 |
connect direct modus neo | 9 |
modus tollens | 8 |
modus media international | 7 |
instrument modus | 6 |
wharfedale modus | 4 |
definition modus operandi | 4 |
abschalten debug modus | 2 |
modus design | 2 |
apeldoorn media modus | 2 |
dc modus neo | 2 |
inc instrument modus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MODUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mjet (agent, apparatus, device, engine, expedient, implement, instrument, intermedium, mean, means, medium, mode, recipe, route, tool, touch, vehicle, wherewithal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | способ (contrivance, device, expedient, key, knack, means, mode, procedure, resource, way), система (frame, mechanism, method, plan, scheme, series), начин (expedient, fashion, how, instrumentality, manner, means, method, mode, resource, scheme, sort, style, way, wise), метод (algorithm, method, mode, process, scheme, system, way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 方法 (Approach, method, Methods). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | modus vivendi (modus vivendi), modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | modus vivendi (modus vivendi), modens ponens (modus ponens), afkappingsregel (modus ponens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | modus vivendi (modus vivendi), modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | modus vivendi (modus vivendi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρόποσ (form, manner, mean, mien, mode, style, way, wise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | módozat (method, modality, modi). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | modus vivendi (modus vivendi), Modus Ponens (modus ponens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 手口 (criminal technique, modus operandi, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てぐち (criminal technique, modus operandi, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odusmay modus vivendi (modus vivendi), modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) способ (how, in the manner, manner, means, medium, method, mode, modi, process, sort, technique, way). (various references) modus (mood), metod (method, model, way), način (fashion, means, method, mode, mood, style, way). (various references) modus vivendi (modus vivendi), modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) modus ponens (modus ponens). (various references) yöntem (cast, deal, form, gateway, how, line, method, modality, mode, order, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, rite, system, tack, technic, technics, technique, the way, way, wise), usul (brand, cut, formality, gently, method, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), tarz (angle, brand, fashion, form, genre, manner, method, modality, mode, school, stroke, style, way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MODUS" (pronounced mō"dus) |
| 3 | -d u s | cowardice, exodus, goddess, gradus, hazardous, Hondas, horrendous, jaundice, Judas, prejudice, stewardess, stupendous, tremendous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: doums. | |
| Words within the letters "d-m-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: doms, doum, duos, mods, muds, ouds, sumo, udos. | |
-2 letters: dom, dos, duo, mod, mos, mud, mus, ods, oms, oud, sod, som, sou, sum, udo. | |
-3 letters: do, mo, mu, od, om, os, so, um, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-m-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: dorsum, doumas, duomos, moulds, mounds, moused, odeums, odiums, osmund, sodium. | |
+2 letters: amadous, dimouts, maduros, modules, modulus, moussed, mucoids, osmunda, osmunds, podiums, sodiums, unmolds. | |
+3 letters: budworms, consumed, costumed, decorums, demounts, didymous, digamous, dimerous, dismount, doldrums, dormouse, dukedoms, emulsoid, eudemons, gumdrops, gumshoed, gumwoods, hoodlums, humidors, impounds, madhouse, medusoid, misbound, misdoubt, missound, modicums, modiolus, moondust, moulders, mudflows, mudholes, mudrocks, mudrooms, mudstone, osmundas, outmodes, quomodos, rhodiums, slumlord, smoulder, soundman, soundmen, summoned, unmodish, unsmoked, unwisdom. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 44 55 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -.. ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01000100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O D U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 0044 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4749385553 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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