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
Silbentrennung
mod·al verbs
Türkische aussprache
mōdıl vırbz
Aussprache
/ˈmōdəl ˈvərbz/ /ˈmoʊdəl ˈvɜrbz/
Etymologie
[ 'mO-d&l ] (adjective.) 1569. Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus.