ALL meanings of subjunctive
sub·junc·tive
S s - adjective subjunctive (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2). 1
- noun subjunctive the subjunctive mood or mode. 1
- noun subjunctive a verb in the subjunctive mood or form. 1
- noun subjunctive subjunctive mood 1
- adjective subjunctive relating to subjunctive mood 1
- adjective subjunctive verb: used in subjunctive 1
- singular noun subjunctive In English, a clause expressing a wish or suggestion can be put in the subjunctive, or in the subjunctive mood, by using the base form of a verb or 'were'. Examples are 'He asked that they be removed' and 'I wish I were somewhere else'. These structures are formal. 0
- adjective subjunctive denoting a mood of verbs used when the content of the clause is being doubted, supposed, feared true, etc, rather than being asserted. The rules for its use and the range of meanings it may possess vary considerably from language to language. In the following sentence, were is in the subjunctive 0
- noun subjunctive the subjunctive mood 0
- noun subjunctive a verb in this mood 0
- adjective subjunctive designating or of the mood of a verb that is used to express supposition, desire, hypothesis, possibility, etc., rather than to state an actual fact (Ex.: the mood of were in “if I were you”) 0