different between subjunctive vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Latin subjunct?vus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subjungere (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub (“under”) + jungere (“to join, yoke”). See join.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?d???kt?v/

Adjective

subjunctive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

Translations

Noun

subjunctive (countable and uncountable, plural subjunctives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
2. (countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.

Derived terms

• subjunctive mood

Related terms

• subjoin

Translations

Further reading

• Subjunctive mood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• English subjunctive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• subjunctive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subjunctive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Interlingua

Adjective

subjunctive

1. subjunctive

Related terms

• subjunctivo

Latin

Adjective

subj?nct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of subj?nct?vus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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