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modal verb

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:

▶noun Grammar an auxiliary verb expressing necessity or possibility, e.g. must, shall, will.

'modal verb' also found in these Oxford entries:

can - could - may - might - modal - mun - must - ought - semi-modal - shall - should - will - would

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