1. Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
   "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
   - average 
2. Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode 
3. Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
   "modal auxiliary"

1. An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality
   - modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb

Derived forms: modals

See also: mode, normal

Type of: auxiliary verb

Encyclopedia: Modal

• contamination
• contaminative
• contango
• conte
• Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
• Conte Alessandro Volta
• contemn
• contemplate
• contemplation
• contemplative
• contemplatively
• contemplativeness
• contemplator
• contemporaneity
• contemporaneous
• contemporaneously
• contemporaneousness
• contemporaries
• contemporary
• contemporary world
• contemporise
• contemporize
• contempt
• contempt of Congress
• contempt of court