Subjunctive mood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.
  2. 2
    a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
subjunctivearchaic moodconjunctive moodgrammatical moodlinguistic mood

Etymology

From subjunctive (from Latin subjunctivus, from sub- (“under”) + junctus (“joined”), perfect passive participle of jungere (“to join”) + adjective suffix -ivus) + mood (from Latin modus).

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