"mod" meaning in English

See mod in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɑd/ [US], /mɒd/ [UK] Audio: en-au-mod.ogg [Australia] Forms: mod [singular], mods [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A mod is a modern style of fashionable dress that originated in England in the 1960s.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-noun-UnJOPI-R
  2. A clipping of modification.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-noun-rKvQZ~xK Categories (other): Clippings, Colloquial
  3. A mod is an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-noun-ylQg9wcW Categories (other): Video games
  4. A mod is a moderator.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-noun-udHQGmLw
  5. Mod is an abbreviation of modulus.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-noun-c1eRNiEa Categories (other): Mathematics

Verb

IPA: /mɑd/ [US], /mɒd/ [UK] Audio: en-au-mod.ogg [Australia] Forms: mod [canonical], mods [third-person, singular], modded [past], modded [past, participle], modding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|mod|d}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you mod something, you modify it from its original condition to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-verb-PEGHLp~v Categories (other): Colloquial
  2. If you mod a video game, you install or create a mod for it.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-verb-~bDFWVTU Categories (other): Video games
  3. If you mod an online forum, you act as a moderator to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on the forum.
    Sense id: simple-mod-en-verb-q1zMxCzu Categories (other): Colloquial
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