subjunctive
Pronunciation: /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
The English word “subjunctive” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
noun
Etymology
From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join, yoke”). See join.
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