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modal auxiliary

mod·al aux·il·ia·ry
M m

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mohd-l awg-zil-yuh-ree, -zil-uh-]
    • /ˈmoʊd l ɔgˈzɪl yə ri, -ˈzɪl ə-/
    • /ˈməʊ.dəl ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mohd-l awg-zil-yuh-ree, -zil-uh-]
    • /ˈmoʊd l ɔgˈzɪl yə ri, -ˈzɪl ə-/

Definitions of modal auxiliary words

  • noun modal auxiliary Grammar. any of the group of English auxiliary verbs, including can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must, that are used with the base form of another verb to express distinctions of mood. 1
  • noun modal auxiliary an auxiliary verb that is used with another verb to indicate its mood, as can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would 0
See all 2 definitions of modal auxiliary

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Origin of modal auxiliary

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Modal auxiliary

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Modal auxiliary

modal auxiliary popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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