Overview of noun modal

The noun modal has 1 sense

• modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal -- (an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality)

Overview of adj modal

The adj modal has 3 senses

• modal, average -- (relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30")


• modal -- (of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode)


• modal -- (relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; "modal auxiliary")