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modal
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adjective
relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30
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adjective
relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
modal auxiliary
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adjective
of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
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noun
(= modal auxiliary verb)
an auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality
predicate
Noun
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A predicate is the head of a clause and says something about the subject.
predicate
Verb
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If you predicate something, you state or assert it.
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If you predicate a statement, you declare it in public; you make a public statement.
calculus
Noun
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Calculus is a branch of mathematics that involves understanding mathematical functions.