subjunctive

About 0.75 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
2. noun Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
3. noun A form in the subjunctive mood.

Similar words

subjunctive mood jussive pluperfect volitive conditionals potential volitional desiderative realis dynamic

Often followed by

mood is in and of mode conditionals form forms

Word family

subjunctives