subjunctive

  1. Adjective.  (context, grammar) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. English examples include ''so '''be''' it''; ''I wouldn’t if I '''were''' you''; '''''were''' I a younger man, I would fight back''; ''I asked that he '''leave'''''.
  2. Noun.  (context, grammar) The subjunctive mood.
  3. Noun.  (context, countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

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