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subjunctive

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sub·junc·tive  (sb-jngktv)
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.

[Late Latin subinctvus, from Latin subinctus, past participle of subiungere, to subjoin, subordinate (translation of Greek hupotaktikos, subordinate, subjunctive); see subjoin.]

subjunctive Grammar
Adjective
denoting a mood of verbs used when the content of the clause is being doubted, supposed, or feared true, for example were in the sentence I'd be careful if I were you
Noun
the subjunctive mood [Latin subjungere to add to]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.subjunctive - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
modality, mood, mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Adj.1.subjunctive - relating to a mood of verbs; "subjunctive verb endings"
grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Translations
subjunctive [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv] adj, nsubjuntivo
subjunctive [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv] adjsubjonctif/ive
nsubjonctif m
subjunctive [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv] nKonjunktiv m;
in the subjunctive → im Konjunktiv
subjunctive [səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv] adjcongiuntivo/a


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The subjunctive mood, past perfect tense of the verb `to know.
She thought it good for them to see that she could make an excellent lather while she corrected their blunders "without looking,"-- that a woman with her sleeves tucked up above her elbows might know all about the Subjunctive Mood or the Torrid Zone--that, in short, she might possess "education" and other good things ending in "tion," and worthy to be pronounced emphatically, without being a useless doll.
 
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