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SUBJUNCTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subjunctive mean?
• SUBJUNCTIVE (noun)
The noun SUBJUNCTIVE has 1 sense:
1. a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
Familiarity information: SUBJUNCTIVE used as a noun is very rare.
• SUBJUNCTIVE (adjective)
The adjective SUBJUNCTIVE has 1 sense:
1. relating to a mood of verbs
Familiarity information: SUBJUNCTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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" is a kind of...):
modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to a mood of verbs
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
subjunctive verb endings
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Pertainym:
subjunctive mood (a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible)
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