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modal verb

type of verb that caries modal meaning, such as "might"
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modal verb

Summary

modal verb is a semantic unit[1]. It draws 863 Wikipedia views per month (semantic_unit category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • modal verb's instance of is recorded as semantic unit[3].
  • modal verb is a type of verb[4].
  • modal verb is a type of modal word[5].
  • modal verb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Modal verbs[6].
  • modal verb's has characteristic is recorded as linguistic modality[7].
  • modal verb's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Modal[8].
  • modal verb's different from is recorded as auxiliary verb[9].
  • modal verb's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#modal[10].

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Definition and Type

modal verb's instance of is recorded as semantic unit[3]. Recorded subclass of include verb[4] and modal word[5].

Why It Matters

modal verb draws 863 Wikipedia views per month (semantic_unit category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New encyclopedic dictionary of czech id → MODÁLNÍ SLOVESO
    Different from → auxiliary verb
    Instance of → semantic unit
    Topic's main category → Category:Modal verbs
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0228880-modalni-slovesa, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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