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Definition: Modus Operandi |
Modus OperandiNoun1. An unvarying or habitual method of procedure. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Modus Operandi (Latin). The mode of operation; the way in which a thing is done or should be done. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: Modus OperandiSynonym: routine (n). (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). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Modus Operandi |
| Specialty definitions using "modus operandi": FINGERPRINT CLASSIFIER ♦ INVESTIGATOR, NARCOTICS ♦ narcotics investigator ♦ Oracle of Sieve and Shears ♦ SUPERVISOR, IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATIONS. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Modus Operandi" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (modus operandi). |
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Rush Limbaugh | The whole modus operandi of the Democratic Party is the politics of personal destruction. |
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| 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 operandi | 47 |
definition modus operandi | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "modus operandi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 作法 (course of action, method of doing something, practice). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | modus operandi, verfahrensweise (method, policy, procedure). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | eljárási mód (dealings). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 手口 (criminal technique, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | てぐち (criminal technique, trick). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | odusmay operandiay способ действия (manner of acting), образ действия (line, mode, procedure). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: pseudorandom. | |
-2 letters: pseudomonad. | |
-3 letters: diadromous, radiosonde. | |
-4 letters: dopamines, impounded, meandrous, muraenids, nursemaid, pomanders, ponderosa, ponderous, poniarded, romanised, supermind, unadmired, underpaid. | |
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