subjunctive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to a verb form used to show wishes, doubts, or things that are not facts.

   "If I were you" uses the subjunctive form of the verb.

2. 2
   noun

   The verb form used to express wishes, doubts, or hypothetical situations.

   In English, the subjunctive is used in phrases like "I suggest that he go."

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.

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