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SUBJUNCTIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
Synonyms:
subjunctive; subjunctive mood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("subjunctive" is a kind of...):
modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to a mood of verbs
Example:
subjunctive verb endings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Pertainym:
subjunctive mood (a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible)
