Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
A form in the subjunctive mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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adjective
relating to a mood of verbs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: subjunctive mood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mood, mode, modality
History
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.
Across languages
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