modal (adj.)

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

  2. relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; modal auxiliary'

    modal (n.)

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

    [ Syn: modal auxiliary verb , modal auxiliary , modal verb ]

    modal (adj.)

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

    [ Syn: average ]

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