subjunctive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to a mood of verbs

   subjunctive verb endings

2. 2
   noun

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

3. 3
   adj

   Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

4. 4
   noun

   Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.

5. 5
   noun

   A form in the subjunctive mood.

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.