indicative-n; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: the grammatical mood of actuality, not hypothetical

Commentary: INDICATIVE[+role][+grammatical][+factual][-hypothetical]

Examples:
These verb forms are the conjugations for the indicative.
Because the sentence conveys a hypothetical conjecture, use the subjunctive and not the indicative.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1