subjunctive

Meanings

Plural: subjunctives

Noun

a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
A form in the subjunctive mood.

Adjective

relating to a mood of verbs
- "subjunctive verb endings"

Adj

Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.

Synonyms

subjunctive mood

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