subjunctive

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #71633

Meanings

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

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."

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Synonyms

2 noun · the verb form used to... subjunctive mood

Word family

Forms subjunctives

Related forms subjoinsubjunction

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subjunctive mood
a grammatical mood expressing possibilities, wishes, or situations not stated as ordinary facts

Adjective + noun

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.

subjunctīvus Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# subjunctive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 71633

## Meanings
1. Relating to a verb form used to show wishes, doubts, or things that are not facts.
2. The verb form used to express wishes, doubts, or hypothetical situations.

## Examples
- "If I were you" uses the subjunctive form of the verb.
- In English, the subjunctive is used in phrases like "I suggest that he go."

## Related Forms
- subjoin
- subjunction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: subjunctīvus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Subjunctive is 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. In present-day use, it can mean relating to a verb form used to show wishes, doubts, or things that are not facts, or the verb form used to express wishes, doubts, or hypothetical situations.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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