mood : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  common mood; declarative mood; declarative; indicative; fact mood.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood.

Webster 1913

• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  common mood; declarative mood; declarative; indicative; fact mood.
  

WordNet

• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  common mood; declarative mood; declarative; indicative; fact mood.
  

WordNet

• noun a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
  imperative form; imperative; imperative mood.
  

WordNet

• noun a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
  common mood; declarative mood; declarative; indicative; fact mood.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?

Webster 1913

• (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely names the action, and performs the office of a verbal noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: (a) The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. (b) The form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.

Webster 1913

• noun some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
  interrogative.
  

WordNet

• noun a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
  imperative form; imperative; imperative mood.
  

WordNet

• noun a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
  optative.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.

Webster 1913

• (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write.

Webster 1913

• noun a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
  subjunctive.
  

WordNet

• (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the following sentence: "If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower." Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc.

Webster 1913