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Subjunctive

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Noun

1. subjunctive, subjunctive mood

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

Adjective

2. subjunctive

relating to a mood of verbs

Example Sentences:
'subjunctive verb endings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Subjunctive

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adjective
1. grammar
denoting a mood of verbs used when the content of the clause is being doubted, supposed, feared true, etc, rather than being asserted. The rules for its use and the range of meanings it may possess vary considerably from language to language. In the following sentence, were is in the subjunctive
I'd think very seriously about that if I were you
Compare indicative
noun
2. grammar
a. 
the subjunctive mood
b. 
a verb in this mood

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Subjunctive

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adjective
1.  Grammar
designating or of the mood of a verb that is used to express supposition, desire, hypothesis, possibility, etc., rather than to state an actual fact (Ex.: the mood of were in “if I were you”)
see also indicative, imperative
noun
2. 
the subjunctive mood
3. 
a verb in this mood

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Subjunctive

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adj.
Of, relating to, or being a mood of a verb used in some languages for contingent or hypothetical action, action viewed subjectively, or grammatically subordinate statements.
n.
1. The subjunctive mood.
2. A subjunctive construction. See Usage Note at if.

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