Full Definition of SUBJUNCTIVE
: of, relating to, or constituting a verb form or set of verb forms that represents a denoted act or state not as fact but as contingent or possible or viewed emotionally (as with doubt or desire)
subjunctive noun
the subjunctive : the form that a verb or sentence has when it is expressing a suggestion, wish, uncertainty, possibility, etc.
: a subjunctive verb or sentence
Full Definition of SUBJUNCTIVE
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: the subjunctive mood of a language
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: a form of verb or verbal in the subjunctive mood