# subjunctive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/ · frequency rank #50,251

## Definitions
1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

## 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.

## Source
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