"Would" is a modal verb most commonly used to create conditional verb forms. It also serves as the past form

of the modal verb "will." Additionally, "would" can indicate repetition in the past.

Would meaning in modal verb?

would modal verb (FUTURE)

used to refer to future time from the point of view of the past: He said he would see his brother tomorrow.

Is would a modal?

The principal English modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must. Certain other verbs are sometimes, but not always, classed as modals; these include ought, had better, and (in certain uses) dare and need.