- Brit
- a member of a group of teenagers in the mid-1960s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the rockers
- a member of a revived group of this type in the late 1970s and early 1980s, noted for their clothes-consciousness and opposition to the skinheads
- (as modifier): a mod haircut
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mod1 /mɑd/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
-mod-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- very modern in style, etc.
- Clothing[sometimes: Mod] of or relating to a style of dress of the 1960's, with miniskirts and bell-bottom trousers.
n. [countable]
- a person who is very modern in style, dress, etc.
-mod-, root.
- -mod- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "manner;
kind;
measured amount.'' This meaning is found in such words as: accommodate, commodious, immoderate, immodest, modal, mode, model, modern, modicum, module, mood, outmoded, remodel.
mod1
(mod),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
mod2 (mod),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
Mod,
- very modern;
up-to-date;
being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc. - Clothing(sometimes cap.) of or pertaining to a style of dress of the 1960s, typified by miniskirts, bell-bottom trousers, boots, and bright colors and patterns.
n.
- a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
- Clothing(sometimes cap.) a British teenager of the 1960s who affected a very neat, sophisticated appearance and wore fancy clothing inspired by Edwardian dress.
- shortened form of modern 1955–60
mod2 (mod),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
- Informal Termsmodification.
- by shortening
Mod,
- modal auxiliary.
- modifier.
- moderate.
- Music and Dancemoderato.
- modern.
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mod /mɒd/ n
mod /mɒd/ n
- an annual Highland Gaelic meeting with musical and literary competitions
mod /mɒd/ informal vb (mods, modding, modded) (transitive)
- to modify (something)
- a modification
mod /mɒd/ informal n
- a moderator on an online forum
- to moderate (an online forum)
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MOD abbreviation for (in Britain)
- Ministry of Defence
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mod. abbreviation for
- moderate
- moderato
- modern
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'mod' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
congruence
- mod.
- mod cons
- mood
- rocker
- argal
- bergamot
- big bang theory
- bread-and-butter model
- bulk modulus
- Christly
- command module
- double modal
- doula
- Early Modern English
- economic model
- Einstein model
- elastic modulus
- fantast
- flic
- floor model
- France Modern
- Friedmann model
- lake
- launch
- left
- lift
- load module
- lunar excursion module
- lunar module
- marmot
- maximum principle
- misplaced modifier
- modacrylic fiber
- modal
- modal auxiliary
- mode
- model
- modeling
- moderate
- moderate breeze
- moderate gale
- moderator
- modern
- modern cut
- modern dance
- Modern English
- Modern French
- Modern Greek
- Modern Hebrew
