CONDITIONALMOOD

Conditional mood

The conditional mood is a grammatical mood used to express a proposition whose validity is dependent on some condition, possibly counterfactual. It thus refers to a distinct verb form that expresses a hypothetical state of affairs, or an uncertain event, that is contingent on another set of circumstances. An example of a verb in the conditional mood is the French aimerait, meaning "would love" .

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conditional mood

Noun

  1. A form of the verb used to signify that something is contingent upon the outcome of something else.


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