modal

Noun
  1. An auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality (synset 106329715)
    is a type of: auxiliary verb - a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
    same as: modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb, modal verb
Adjective
  1. Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution (synset 301599393)
    "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
    referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
    similar to: normal - conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
    same as: average
  2. Of or relating to a musical mode;
    Especially written in an ecclesiastical mode (synset 302875833)
  3. Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb (synset 302875682)
    "modal auxiliary"

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