English Explanatory Dictionary

subjunctive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
  2. A form in the subjunctive mood.

Pronunciation

/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-subjunctive.wav

Word forms

subjunctive subj. subjunctives

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.

Related words

irrealis subjoin subjunction

Derived words

imperfect subjunctive present subjunctive subjunctively subjunctive mode subjunctive mood subjunctivity subjunctivization subjunctivize
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