NOUN | communication | modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb, modal | an auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality |
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Meaning | An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality. | |
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Synonyms | modal auxiliary verb, modal verb, modal | |
Broader | auxiliary verb | A verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
Spanish | modal, verbo modal | |
Catalan | modal |
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