8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
noun a particular sense
originEtymology tree French modal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itātemlbor. Old French -ité Middle French -ité French -ité French modalitébor. English modality Borrowed from French modalité.
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