modal auxiliary

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Noun

modal auxiliary (plural modal auxiliaries)

1. (grammar) a verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb
   • Note: In the English language they are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will and would

Translations

a verb used to express the mood of another verb

Hungarian: módbeli segédige (hu)

Macedonian: модален глагол (mk) (módalen glágol) m.

See also

• modal case