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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mood1 /mud/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person's emotional state at a particular time:What kind of mood is she in now?
- a feeling or emotion held by a large number of people at a time:the country's distrustful mood.
- a state of sullenness or bad temper:He's in one of his moods again.
See -mod-.mood2 /mud/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammara category or set of categories of a verb that indicate the attitude of the speaker toward what is being said, as in expressing a fact, a question, a possibility, a wish, or a command, and indicated by some change in the form of the verb, or by the use of modal verbs:The indicative mood is used in statements ("He wasn't there.''), the imperative mood in commands ("Be there!''), and the subjunctive mood in certain kinds of wishes ("If only he were here!'').
See -mod-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mood1 (mo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n. - a state or quality of feeling at a particular time:What's the boss' mood today?
- a distinctive emotional quality or character:The mood of the music was almost funereal.
- a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude:the country's mood.
- a frame of mind disposed or receptive, as to some activity or thing:I'm not in the mood to see a movie.
- a state of sullenness, gloom, or bad temper.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mōd mind, spirit; courage; cognate with German Mut, Gothic mōths courage, Old Norse mōthr anger
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged temper, humor, disposition, inclination.
mood2 (mo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n. - Grammar
- a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy.
- a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might.
- any of the categories of these sets:the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- Philosophy[Logic.]a classification of categorical syllogisms by the use of three letters that name, respectively, the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion. Also called mode.
- special use of mood1 by influence of mode1 1525–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mood /muːd/ n - a temporary state of mind or temper: a cheerful mood
- a sullen or gloomy state of mind, esp when temporary: she's in a mood
- a prevailing atmosphere or feeling
- in the mood ⇒ in a favourable state of mind (for something or to do something)
Etymology: Old English mōd mind, feeling; compare Old Norse mōthr grief, wrath mood /muːd/ n - a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative
- one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative
Ancient name: mode Etymology: 16th Century: from mood1, influenced in meaning by mode |