"subjunctive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subjunctive.wav
Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|subjunctīvus||serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode}} Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact): ὑποτακτικός (hupotaktikós) (Ancient Greek), suxuntivu (Asturian), subjuntibo (Basque), подчинителен (podčinitelen) (Bulgarian), subjuntiu (Catalan), 虚拟 (xūnǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), konjunktiv m or [inanimate] (Czech), subjonctif [masculine] (French), კავშირებითი (ḳavširebiti) (Georgian), subjunktiv (German), subjunktivisch (German), foshuiteach (Irish), congiuntivo [masculine] (Italian), tariamoji nuosaka [feminine] (Lithuanian), underþēodendlīċ (Old English), conjuntivo [masculine] (Portuguese), fo-leantach (Scottish Gaelic), subjuntivo (Spanish), konjunktiv [neuter] (Swedish), pasakali (Tagalog)
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Noun

IPA: /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subjunctive.wav Forms: subjunctives [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋktɪv Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|subjunctīvus||serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode}} Latin subjunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)
  1. (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: subjunctive mood Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-subjunctive-en-noun-Qw3VNNa0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-subjunctive-en-noun-Hge0Rrog
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperfect subjunctive, present subjunctive, subjunctive mode, subjunctive mood Related terms: subjoin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "subjuntiu"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūnǐ",
      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "虚拟"
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "word": "konjunktiv m or"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "word": "subjonctif"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳavširebiti",
      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "კავშირებითი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "subjunktiv"
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "ὑποτακτικός"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "foshuiteach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "word": "congiuntivo"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "underþēodendlīċ"
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "fo-leantach"
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      "word": "subjuntivo"
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      "word": "konjunktiv"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "possible, contingent, or hypothetical; not a fact",
      "word": "pasakali"
    }
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