modal_auxiliary_verb (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *modal auxiliary verb*:
NOUN	communication	modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal	an auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality

English > *modal auxiliary verb*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality.
Synonyms	modal auxiliary, 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

HyperDic: modal_auxiliary_verb