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modal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • modal noun In software and web design, a window or box that opens on top of a page and blocks interaction with everything behind it until you close it or respond.

Senses

modal is used for these senses in English:

  • modal (GUI) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.

modal — full definition

  1. noun In software and web design, a window or box that opens on top of a page and blocks interaction with everything behind it until you close it or respond.
  2. noun In grammar, an auxiliary verb such as can, may, must, should or would, which expresses possibility, permission, obligation or necessity.
  3. adjective Relating to a mode or manner of doing something; in statistics, relating to the mode, the most frequently occurring value in a set.
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