noun
- An auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality.
- synonyms: modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb
adjective
- Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
- usage: "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
- synonyms: average
- Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode.
- Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb.
- usage: "modal auxiliary"
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