subjunctive
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
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subjunctive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
TranslationsEdit
possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact
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NounEdit
subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)
- (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
- (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.
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TranslationsEdit
subjunctive mood — see subjunctive mood
Further readingEdit
- Subjunctive mood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- English subjunctive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
InterlinguaEdit
AdjectiveEdit
subjunctive
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LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
subjūnctīve