the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society | how something is done or how it happens |
a state at a particular time | the most frequent value of a random variable |
| any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
| a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
| verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
| a particular functioning condition or arrangement |