Search Result for "modal verb":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality;
[syn: modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modal verb
    n 1: an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to
         express modality [syn: modal auxiliary verb, modal
         auxiliary, modal verb, modal]