Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 35 compound words that contain modal. The most common are listed below. Open modal in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- modal verbA verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.
- modal particleA word class that indicates the mood of an utterance.
- modal auxiliaryA verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb.
- modal logicAny formal system that attempts to deal with modalities, such as possibility and necessity, but also obligation and permission.
- modal filterA road design that filters out certain kinds of vehicles, allowing only others (chiefly bicycles and pedestrians) to pass.
- modal shiftA shift in prevalence from one mode of transport to another.
- double modalA 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.
- modal jazzA genre of jazz that uses chord progressions as a harmonic framework.
- multi-modalAlternative spelling of multimodal: Having or employing multiple modes.
- modal caseA case used to express ability, intention, necessity, obligation, permission, possibility, etc.
- modal particlesplural of modal particle: A word class that indicates the mood of an utterance.
- modal scaleA tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.
- modal verbsplural of modal verb: A verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.
- modal stackingThe use of double or stacked modals (or, rarely, triple modals), a phenomenon found in some dialects of English, especially Southern US English.
- modal adverbsplural of modal adverb: An adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true.
- modal adverbAn adverb that qualifies a predicate with respect to way in which it is true.
- essive-modalA case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or 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 …
- cross-modalAlternative form of crossmodal: Across or between more than one mode.
- modal casesplural of modal case: A case used to express ability, intention, necessity, obligation, permission, possibility, etc.
- modal filtersplural of modal filter: A road design that filters out certain kinds of vehicles, allowing only others (chiefly bicycles and pedestrians) to pass.
- modal scalesplural of modal scale: A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.
- modal shiftsplural of modal shift: A shift in prevalence from one mode of transport to another.
- modal logicsplural of modal logic: Any formal system that attempts to deal with modalities, such as possibility and necessity, but also obligation and permission.
- modal auxiliariesplural of modal auxiliary: A verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb.
- stacked modalA double modal (or, rarely, any string of multiple modals, e.g. a triple modal).
Compound words 35
- modalismThe nontrinitarian doctrine that God, who is one person, has three modes of divine revelation (the Father, Son, and Spirit), contrary to the orthodox belief that the three persons are all fully God.
- transmodalCrossing, occurring in, or using more than one mode or modality.
- modalistOf or pertaining to modalism.
- amodalNot modal (in any sense)
- heteromodalCharacterised by different modes
- modalizeTo become or cause to become modal
- modalizedMade modal
- monomodalHaving or employing a single mode
- submodalLess than modal
- crossmodalAcross or between more than one mode.