modal

Relating to mode or form; in linguistics, describing verbs that express necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.

• 🇨🇳表示方式或形式的；在语言学中描述表达必要性、可能性、许可或能力的动词。

1. Statistical mode C1 formal

   Relating to or representing the most frequent value in a set of data.

   • The modal value in this dataset is 25.
   • Modal analysis helps identify the most common outcome.
   • Researchers calculated the modal age of the participants.

   🇨🇳众数的

2. Musical mode C1 formal

   Relating to a musical scale or mode, especially an ecclesiastical mode.

   • The piece is written in a modal style, using the Dorian mode.
   • Modal music was common in medieval church compositions.
   • The composer explored various modal harmonies.

   🇨🇳调式的

3. Grammatical mood B2 formal

   Relating to the mood of a verb, expressing necessity, possibility, permission, or obligation.

   • Modal verbs like 'can' and 'must' express ability and necessity.
   • The modal auxiliary 'should' indicates advice or obligation.
   • In English, modal verbs are used to modify the meaning of the main verb.

   🇨🇳情态

• more modal comparative form
• most modal superlative form

A noun referring to an auxiliary verb, such as 'can' or 'will', that is used to express modality, including ability, permission, or obligation.

• 🇨🇳名词，指表示情态意义的助动词，如“can”或“will”，用来表达能力、许可或义务等情态；也指表达情态的语法形式或语言单位。

1. Modal verb B2 formal

   An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility, permission, or ability, such as 'can', 'will', 'must', or 'should'.

   • In English, 'can' is a modal used to express ability.
   • You must use a modal verb to make polite requests.
   • The teacher explained how modals change the meaning of a sentence.

   🇨🇳情态动词

• modals plural form
• modals' possessive plural form
• modal's possessive singular form