modal
Noun
- an auxiliary verb (such as
can’ or
will’) that is used to express modality
- Synonyms
- modal auxiliary verb
- modal auxiliary
- modal verb
- Less specific
Adjective
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; “the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30”
- Synonyms
- Similar to
- Related
- Topic Members
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
- relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; “modal auxiliary”
- Pertains to
- Related
- mood
- mode
- modality
- mood
- mode
- modality