modal | (adjective) relating to or expressing the mood of a verb | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode | - |
(adjective) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution | Synonyms: average |
(noun) an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality | Synonyms: modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb |
modality | (noun) a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment | - |
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(noun) a particular sense | Synonyms: sense modality, sensory system |
(noun) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | Synonyms: mode |
(noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker | Synonyms: mode, mood |