VDict - Definition of modal

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modal

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Adjective

relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
- modal auxiliary

of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

Noun

an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality

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Synonyms:
modal(a) average modal auxiliary verb modal auxiliary modal verb

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "modal":
medial mental metal middle modal model motile mutual madly moodily more...
Words contain "modal":
auditory modality bimodal cross-modal gustatory modality modal modal auxiliary modal auxiliary verb modal logic modal value modal verb more...
Words contain "modal" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
modal optative mood alethic logic epistemic logic deontic logic cross-modal doxastic logic epistemological epistemic discussion more...

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