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Definition of irrealis in English English dictionary
- Of a verb: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact
Although the only irrealis mood in English is the subjunctive mood, some other languages include additional irrealis moods, including cohortative, jussive, speculative, and optative.
- irrealis mood
- A category of grammatical moods that indicate that a certain situation or action is not known to happen, or have happened, as the speaker is talking