one of these verb forms: can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, ought to, used to, need, had better, and dare. They are all used with other verbs to express ideas such as possibility, permission, or intention auxiliary verb
modal verbs
الواصلة
mod·al verbs
التركية النطق
mōdıl vırbz
النطق
/ˈmōdəl ˈvərbz/ /ˈmoʊdəl ˈvɜrbz/
علم أصول الكلمات
[ 'mO-d&l ] (adjective.) 1569. Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus.