Mod

English

Abbreviation

mod

1. moderate, as in: low, moderate, high
2. (mathematics) modulus

Noun

Mod (plural Mods)

1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
2. (UK) 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.
3. (slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
4. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a forum.
5. (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.

6. (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.

Notes

In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.

Verb

Mod (third-person singular simple present Mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

1. (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.

2. 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.

Synonyms

• (slang, to modify): trick, trick out
• (to moderate):

Derived terms

• moddable
• modder

Thesaurus

a la mode, advanced, all the rage, all the thing, avant-garde, contemporary, current, far out, fashionable, forward-looking, hip, in, in fashion, in style, in vogue, modern, modernistic, modernized, modish, new, newfashioned, now, popular, present-day, present-time, prevalent, progressive, smart, streamlined, trendy, twentieth-century, ultra-ultra, ultramodern, up-to-date, up-to-datish, up-to-the-minute, way out

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒd

Anagrams

• dom, Dom, dom., DOM

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Danish

Noun

Mod n. (singular definite Modet, not used in plural form)

1. courage

Synonyms

• (formal) courage, kurage c.
• tapperhed c.

Preposition

Mod

1. against
2. versus
3. towards
4. into
5. from

Synonyms

• imod

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Old English

Noun

mōd n.

1. heart, mind, feeling
2. courage, pride, grief, anger
3. state of mind

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *mō-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon mōd (Dutch moed), Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”) (Swedish mod), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (moths, “anger, emotion”). The Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek μῶθαι (mōthai) and Latin mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːd/

Derived terms

• mōdġehygd

Declension

    Declension of Mod (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōd	mōd
accusative	mōd	mōd
genitive	mōdes	mōda
dative	mōde	mōdum

Descendants

• English: mood

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Romanian

Noun

Mod n. (plural moduri)

1. mode, fashion, style, way

Etymology

From French mode.

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Swedish

Noun

Declension of Mod

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	Mod	modet
genitive	Mods	modets

mod n.

1. courage

Pronunciation

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