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
Расстановка переносов
mod·al verbs
Турецкое произношение
mōdıl vırbz
Произношение
/ˈmōdəl ˈvərbz/ /ˈmoʊdəl ˈvɜrbz/
Этимология
[ 'mO-d&l ] (adjective.) 1569. Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus.