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Wondering how to use Optative in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as mood or mode.

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Optative in a sentence

Optative meaning

  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
  2. Related or pertaining to the optative mood.

Synonyms of Optative

mood mode modality decision making deciding optative mood

Related words

Other words often associated with Optative or its synonyms:

condition status manner determinative humour sensation way average decisive climate property humor

Using Optative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Expressing a wish or a choice. | Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
  • Useful related words include: mood, mode, modality, decision making.
  • In the example corpus, optative often appears in combinations such as: the optative, optative mood.

Context around Optative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

subjunctive 1× pie 1×

Often after:

mood 3× theatrical 1× imperative 1× forms 1×

Sentence patterns with Optative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the optative mood 1× as the optative theatrical laboratories 1× indicative subjunctive optative imperative 1× optative the optative 1× optative the optative mood is 1× the optative is generally 1× the pie optative mood and 1× well as optative forms imperative 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

boal is also 1× categories tocharian verbs 1× optative the optative 1× present future and 1× the optative is 1× the verbal system 1×

Common sentence endings:

hopes or wishes 1× mood and imperative 1× optative theatrical laboratories 1× passive present past 1× subjunctive optative imperative 1× the optative mood 1×

Words around Optative

Just before it in the word index:

optation 4 optas 3 optare 2 optane 19 optal 2 opta 8

Just after it in the word index:

optavia 2 opted 1.694 optejet 2 opteron 9 opti 5 optibase 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Optative

  • In this selection, "optative" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, subjunctive, pie, mood, theatrical and imperative stand out and add context to how "optative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the optative mood and as the optative theatrical laboratories. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "optative" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with optative

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The optative is generally built by adding i onto the subjunctive stem. (12 words)

Categories Tocharian verbs are conjugated in the following categories: *Mood: indicative, subjunctive, optative, imperative. (14 words)

There were three moods: indicative, subjunctive (developed from the PIE optative mood ) and imperative. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Present, future and past tense are attested, as well as optative forms (imperative, permissive), infinitive, and four participles (active/passive present/past). (22 words)

Boal is also seen as the inspiration behind 21st-century forms of performance-activism, such as the "Optative Theatrical Laboratories". (20 words)

Optative The optative mood is an archaic or poetic variant of the imperative mood that expresses hopes or wishes. (19 words)

Example sentences (7)

Optative The optative mood is an archaic or poetic variant of the imperative mood that expresses hopes or wishes.

Boal is also seen as the inspiration behind 21st-century forms of performance-activism, such as the "Optative Theatrical Laboratories".

Categories Tocharian verbs are conjugated in the following categories: *Mood: indicative, subjunctive, optative, imperative.

Present, future and past tense are attested, as well as optative forms (imperative, permissive), infinitive, and four participles (active/passive present/past).

The optative is generally built by adding i onto the subjunctive stem.

There were three moods: indicative, subjunctive (developed from the PIE optative mood ) and imperative.

The verbal system has lost the infinitive, the synthetically-formed future and perfect tenses and the optative mood.

Common combinations with optative

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "optative" in a sentence?
An example: "Optative The optative mood is an archaic or poetic variant of the imperative mood that expresses hopes or wishes." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "optative" from authentic English texts.
What does "optative" mean?
Optative means: Expressing a wish or a choice.
What are synonyms of "optative"?
Common synonyms of "optative" include: mood, mode, modality, decision making, deciding, optative mood.
How many example sentences with "optative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "optative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.