Usually means: Expresses necessity, possibility, or permission.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word modal verb:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. modal verb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modal verb: Merriam-Webster
  3. modal verb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. modal verb: Vocabulary.com
  5. modal verb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. modal verb: Wiktionary
  7. modal verb: Dictionary.com
  8. Modal verb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. modal verb: FreeDictionary.org
  10. modal verb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. modal verb: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modal verb: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modal verb: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Modal verb: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (modal verb)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.

Similar:
modal, modal particle, subjunctive mode, imperative mood, modifier, morphemehood, cmavo, modist, motivative, morph, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, auxiliary verb, lexical verb

Types:
can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, more...

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...

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Similar:
modal, modal particle, subjunctive mode, imperative mood, modifier, morphemehood, cmavo, modist, motivative, morph, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, auxiliary verb, lexical verb

Types:
can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, more...

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...



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