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JUSSIVE MOOD

Dictionary entry overview: What does jussive mood mean?

• JUSSIVE MOOD (noun)
The noun JUSSIVE MOOD has 1 sense:

1. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

Familiarity information: JUSSIVE MOOD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• JUSSIVE MOOD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

imperative; imperative form; imperative mood; jussive mood

Hypernyms ("jussive mood" is a kind of...):

modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)

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