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
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
a mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
a set of verb forms that would represent a denoted act or state not as fact but as contingent or possible or viewed emotionally (as with doubt or desire) The "would" in the last sentence makes its mood 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. a verb form or a set of verb forms in grammar, used in some languages to express doubt, wishes etc. For example, in 'if I were you', the verb 'to be' is in the subjunctive imperative, indicative indicative (subjunctivus, from subjunctus, past participle of subjungere )
A verb form used within certain noun clauses and with unreal conditional clauses; the name form of the main verb is used The verb does not have tense or agree with person: We insisted that Paul play again
{s} of or pertaining to a verb form which expresses an action or state as something which is not yet fact and is still contingent and dependent (Grammar)