Get to know Modus better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Modus meaning
- The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
- 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, etc.
- A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
Using Modus
- The main meaning on this page is: The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance. | 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, etc. | A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
- In the example corpus, modus often appears in combinations such as: modus operandi, the modus, modus ponens.
Context around Modus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Modus
- In this selection, "modus" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, same, standard, new, operandi and vivendi stand out and add context to how "modus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a standard modus operandi and betty s modus operandi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "modus" sits close to words such as adjudged, aggravating and alamos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with modus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Codependency is his modus operandi. (5 words)
Confrontation was never Betty’s modus operandi. (7 words)
As for food, gargantuan sandwiches are Pallet’s modus operandi. (10 words)
If what we are hearing is the current modus operandi in the PDP where the leadership will support members of another party to remove a Governor elected on the platform of their party, then that would be the official end of the PDP as a political party. (47 words)
I assert that we had them in 2022, long before, and we grapple with this tendency, this modus vivendi, that twists us into knots, and leave us prostrate, and vulnerable to the cleverness of others. (35 words)
According to the police, in the first three cases, the accused identified as Gulam Dastagir Rahmani, Mohammad Iqbal and Faazal Khan were found to be using the same modus operandi to carry out smuggling activities. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A senior Patna Police officer said: “Rai follows a standard modus operandi.
As for food, gargantuan sandwiches are Pallet’s modus operandi.
Confrontation was never Betty’s modus operandi.
He explained that the modus operandi to be adopted included technological innovation that includes the deployment of electronic devices to record pictorial evidence of those involved.
I assert that we had them in 2022, long before, and we grapple with this tendency, this modus vivendi, that twists us into knots, and leave us prostrate, and vulnerable to the cleverness of others.
It appears that no respect, no integrity and lack of character is their new modus operandi.
On further interrogation, he confessed to the crime and explained the modus operandi.
Sheikh Tamim’s modus operandi is based on close, personal relationships, and the team around him maintain links with different operatives, according to the person.
Tanzola described a sexual predator’s modus operandi—using social media to slowly gain the victim’s trust in order to control them.
The reply further states Sisodia, who allegedly has remained non-cooperative and evasive during probe, is a “key link to unearth the modus operandi”.
They cannot ensure that machines continue to do their core task no matter what or that their sensitive modus operandi aren’t tampered with.
Two young women are killed with the same modus operandi, and the duo should find the killer before he strikes again.
According to the investigation, the modus operandi of the accused was to instruct shortlisted candidates to answer only those questions they knew answers to.
According to the police, in the first three cases, the accused identified as Gulam Dastagir Rahmani, Mohammad Iqbal and Faazal Khan were found to be using the same modus operandi to carry out smuggling activities.
But Mr Sherborne said on Thursday that evidence of phone hacking remained “plainly probative” of unlawful information gathering by other means, which was the “modus operandi of how these journalists work”.
Codependency is his modus operandi.
Explaining the modus operandi of the accused woman, Commissioner of Police Shankabratha Bagchi said that the woman approached men, especially rich men, through social media or through some sources.
If what we are hearing is the current modus operandi in the PDP where the leadership will support members of another party to remove a Governor elected on the platform of their party, then that would be the official end of the PDP as a political party.
Kushwaha, however, didn’t elaborate on the modus operandi employed by what seems to be an inter-state nexus.
Marks modus operandi – Never work or strive to make things better, just constantly complain and whine about how bad things are and how we’ve been wronged.
Common combinations with modus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: