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Noun

blues, plural blues

  1. (colloquial) A feeling of sadness or depression. Generally used with the.
    My trainwreck of a love-life gives me the blues.
  2. (colloquial) One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
    Your blues is just like mine.
    Your blues are just like mine.
  3. An musical form, African-American in origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar structure and using the blues scale. Often used with the.
    Many great blues musicians come from the Mississipi Delta region.
    A large portion of modern popular music is influenced by the blues.
  4. (music, always singular) A musical composition following blues forms.
    My next number is a blues in G.

Usage Note

Despite its plural form, blues may be gramatically singular or plural, except where noted.

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The noun "blues" has two senses: The verb "blue" has one sense:

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