the form (or mood) of a verb that expresses wishes, possibility, or uncertainty; a verb in this form The verb is in the subjunctive. In “I wish I were taller,” “were” is a subjunctive.
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the subjunctive moodSee subjunctive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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