SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subjunctive mood mean? 

• SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (noun)
  The noun SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD has 1 sense:

1. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

  Familiarity information: SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

subjunctive; subjunctive mood

Hypernyms ("subjunctive mood" is a kind of...):

modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)