Search Result for "modal_auxiliary":
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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

modal auxiliary \mo"dal aux*il"iar*y\(Gram.), n. Any one of the auxiliary verbs of English, such as can, may, will, shall, must, might, could, would, or should, which are used together with the infinitive form of another verb to express distinctions of mood[2], such as uncertainty, possibility, command, emphasis, and obligation. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modal auxiliary 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]