subjunctive

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin subjunctivus (“‘serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode’”) < subjungere (“‘to add, join, subjoin’”) < sub (“‘under’”) + jungere (“‘to join, yoke’”); see join.

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subjunctive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. English examples include so be it; I wouldn’t if I were you; were I a younger man, I would fight back; I asked that he leave.

[edit] Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable; plural subjunctives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) The subjunctive mood.
2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

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• subjoin

[edit] External links

• subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911