Usually means: Helpers expressing mood, possibility, necessity.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (modal auxiliary)

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

Similar:
auxiliary verb, auxiliary, semiauxiliary, double modal, modal, helping verb, conditional, conditional mood, conjunctive mood, conjunctive mode, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, non-auxiliary, lexical verb

Types:
can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, more...

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...

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Similar:
auxiliary verb, auxiliary, semiauxiliary, double modal, modal, helping verb, conditional, conditional mood, conjunctive mood, conjunctive mode, more...

Opposite:
non-modal, non-auxiliary, lexical verb

Types:
can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, more...

Phrases:
modal auxiliary verb, more...



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