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Modal verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.

    "Although at first glance combinations of two modal verbs might seem to be cases of grammatical distortion, their use is scientifically recognised."

  2. 2
    an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality wordnet

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