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optative

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, optative means expressing a wish or a choice. As a noun, it means a mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.

Meanings of optative

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.

  2. grammarRelated or pertaining to the optative mood.

  3. Indicating an option or wish

  4. Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages

    “optative verb endings”

noun

  1. grammatical moodA mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.

  2. grammarA verb or expression in the optative mood.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or…
optative mood

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