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Meanings of optative in English
Russian
желательное наклонение Spanish
optativo Synonyms
Examples for "opt"
Examples for "opt"
1
Here's the problem: Almost by definition, a class action lawsuit is opt-out.
2
In practice, no country in Europe operates an opt-out system of consent.
3
Parties may however opt to put back the process to next week.
4
As a result, users will have the opportunity to opt into groups.
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The expectation remains that the Government will opt for a political figure.
1
Thus much, if it may please your Lordship, was in the optative mood.
2
The Imperative and Optative moods clearly do not convey assertions at all, while the Subjunctive can only figure as a subordinate member of some assertion.
3
"For lovers," he said sagely, "are either in the optative mood, the desperative, or the exultative." This time he had used the optative.
Usage of optative in English
1
Thus much, if it may please your Lordship, was in the optative mood.
2
Or the indicative in place of the optative, as (I. ii.
3
And, on the contrary, the optative for the indicative, as (I. v. 388):-
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Fondness for optative in indirect constructions, i.
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It is masculine, feminine, and neuter in gender, singular by nature, and generally accusative, and it is optative in mood and full of acute accents.
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The Imperative and Optative moods clearly do not convey assertions at all, while the Subjunctive can only figure as a subordinate member of some assertion.
7
'We leave room on every subject for the human or optative part; for it is a part of science to make judicious inquiries and wishes.'
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"For lovers," he said sagely, "are either in the optative mood, the desperative, or the exultative." This time he had used the optative.
Frequent collocations
Translations for optative
Spanish
Optative through the time