Usually means: Helpers expressing mood, possibility, necessity.
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  1. modal auxiliary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modal auxiliary: Merriam-Webster
  3. modal auxiliary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. modal auxiliary: Wordnik
  6. modal auxiliary: Wiktionary
  7. modal auxiliary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. modal auxiliary: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. modal auxiliary: Dictionary.com
  10. Modal auxiliary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. modal auxiliary: FreeDictionary.org
  12. modal auxiliary: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (modal auxiliary)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb.

Similar:
auxiliary verb, auxiliary, semiauxiliary, double modal, modal, helping verb, conditional, conditional mood, conjunctive mood, conjunctive mode, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, non-auxiliary, lexical verb

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

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...

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Similar:
auxiliary verb, auxiliary, semiauxiliary, double modal, modal, helping verb, conditional, conditional mood, conjunctive mood, conjunctive mode, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, non-auxiliary, lexical verb

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

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...



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