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mood

1 mood /ˈmuːd/ noun
plural moods
1 mood
/ˈmuːd/
noun
plural moods
Britannica Dictionary definition of MOOD
[count] : the way someone feels : a person's emotional state
[singular] : an attitude or feeling shared by many people
[count] : a quality that creates a particular feeling

in the mood

: feeling a desire for (something) or to do something

the mood takes you

◊ When the mood takes you, you have the feeling of wanting to do something.
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2 mood /ˈmuːd/ noun
plural moods
2 mood
/ˈmuːd/
noun
plural moods
Britannica Dictionary definition of MOOD
[count] grammar
: a set of forms of a verb that show whether the action or state expressed by the verb is thought of as a fact, a command, or a wish or possibility
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