mood

Definitions


[muːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a temporary state of mind or feeling
(e.g: he appeared to be in a very good mood about something)

- an angry, irritable, or sullen state of mind
(e.g: he was obviously in a mood)


Phrases:
- in no mood for something
- in the mood for something

Origin:
Old English mōd (also in the senses ‘mind’ and ‘fierce courage’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moed and German Mut


[muːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a category or form which indicates whether a verb expresses fact (indicative mood), command (imperative mood), question (interrogative mood), wish (optative mood), or conditionality (subjunctive mood)
(e.g: one is obliged to consider the interrelationship of tense and mood in Arabic)

- any of the valid forms into which each of the figures of a categorical syllogism may occur


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: variant of mode, influenced by mood




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