Definition of Mood in English :

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Meaning of Mood in English

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Mood

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Noun

1. humor, humour, mood, temper

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Example Sentences:
'whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time'
'he was in a bad humor'

2. climate, mood

the prevailing psychological state

Example Sentences:
'the climate of opinion'
'the national mood had changed radically since the last election'

3. modality, mode, mood

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Mood

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noun
1. 
a temporary state of mind or temper
a cheerful mood
2. 
a sullen or gloomy state of mind, esp when temporary
she's in a mood
3. 
a prevailing atmosphere or feeling
4.  in the mood
noun
1. grammar
a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative
2. logic
one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative
Compare figure (sense 18)

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Mood

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noun
1. 
a particular state of mind or feeling; humor, or temper
2. 
a predominant or pervading feeling, spirit, or tone
3.  [pl.]
fits of morose, sullen, or uncertain temper
4.  Obsolete
anger
noun
1.  Grammar
a. 
a characteristic of verbs that involves the speaker's attitude toward the action expressed, indicating whether this is regarded as a fact (indicative mood), as a matter of supposition, desire, possibility, etc. (subjunctive mood), or as a command (imperative mood); also, an analytic category based on this characteristic (mood is shown by inflection, as in Latin, or analytically with auxiliaries, as English may, might, should, or by both)
b. 
any of the forms a verb takes to indicate this characteristic
2.  Logic
any of the various forms of valid syllogisms, as determined by the quantity and quality of their constituent propositions

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Mood

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n.
1. A particular state of mind or emotion: news that put us in a good mood.
2. A pervading impression of an observer: the somber mood of the painting.
3. An instance or spell of sulking or angry behavior: A friend's visit lifted him out of his mood.
4. Inclination; disposition: I'm in the mood for ice cream.
n.
1. Grammar
a. A property of verbs in which the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed.
b. A category or set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate such an attitude. In English, the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the imperative mood to express a command.
2. Logic The arrangement of statement types in a syllogism.

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