Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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modal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
auxiliary verb | Yes | No | No | No |
modal (noun) | auxiliary verb (noun) |
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an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality | 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 |
modal (adjective) | auxiliary verb (adjective) |
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relating to or expressing the mood of a verb | |
of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode | |
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution |