Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable)A form in the subjunctive mood.

More definitions
  • a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Today, we are going to unravel the mystery of the English subjunctive.

    ruСегодня мы раскроем загадку сослагательного наклонения в английском языке.

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  2. When do you use the imperfect subjunctive?

    deWann benutzt man den Subjunktiv Imperfekt?

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  3. Is context really necessary to understand the subjunctive?

    ruДействительно ли нужен контекст, чтобы понять сослагательное наклонение?

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  4. Most people struggle with using the subjunctive mood.

    ruБольшинству людей сослагательное наклонение доставляет трудности.

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  5. Truth be told, this sentence uses the subjunctive mood.

    deTatsächlich steht dieser Satz im Konjunktiv.

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Origin

From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjuncti

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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Forms

plural: subjunctives

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible:subjunctive mood

Word family

10 related words

See also

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