SUBJUNCTIVE

subjunctive

Noun

  1. The subjunctive mood.
  2. A form in the subjunctive mood.

Adjective

  1. 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.


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