(grammar) The essive-modal case. In the Hungarian language this case can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

plural of modal auxiliary

(logic) Any formal system that attempts to deal with modalities, such as possibility and necessity, but also obligation and permission.

plural of modal case

(grammar) A verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb.

(grammar) a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood

(grammar) case to express ability, intention, necessity, obligation, permission, possibility, etc.

plural of modal verb

(music) A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.

(grammar) A sequence of two modal verbs, such as "might could", an impossible construction in standard English, but one used in some dialects, especially Southern US English.