Definitions for modalˈmoʊd l

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mod•alˈmoʊd l(adj.)

  1. of or pertaining to mode, manner, or form.

  2. of or pertaining to a musical mode.

    Category: Music and Dance

  3. of, pertaining to, or expressing the mood of a verb.

    Category: Grammar

  4. exhibiting or expressing some phase of logical modality.

    Category: Philosphy

  5. Category: Oceanography

    Ref: modal auxiliary.

Origin of modal:

1560–70; < ML

mod′al•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal(adj)

    an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality

  2. modal(a), average(adj)

    relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution

    "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

  3. modal(adj)

    of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

  4. modal(adj)

    relating to or expressing the mood of a verb

    "modal auxiliary"

Wiktionary

  1. modal(Noun)

    A modal proposition

  2. modal(Noun)

    A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.

  3. modal(Adjective)

    of, or relating to a mode or modus

  4. modal(Adjective)

    of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause

  5. modal(Adjective)

    of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient - and in medieval ecclesiastical music

  6. modal(Adjective)

    of, or relating to the modality between propositions

  7. modal(Adjective)

    relating to the statistical mode.

  8. modal(Adjective)

    Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.

  9. modal(Adjective)

    requiring immediate user interaction (often used as modal dialog or modal window)

  10. Origin: From modalis, from modus; see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Modal(adj)

    of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality

  2. Modal(adj)

    indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought


Translations for modal

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

investment(noun)

a sum of money invested.

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