Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

    Now the conductor will couple the train cars.

    I've coupled our system to theirs.

    bring two objects, ideas, or people together

  2. (dated, transitive)To join in wedlock; to marry.

  3. (intransitive)To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

    engage in sexual intercourse

  4. (transitive)To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.

  5. (transitive)To enter (multiple horses with the same owner) into a race so that a single bet can be placed on any of them winning.

Examples

1837 sentences
  1. Give them a couple of minutes.

    Дай їм кілька хвилин. — deniko

    ruДай им пару минут. — soniamiku

    deGib ihnen ein paar Minuten Zeit. — raggione

  2. Give us a couple more minutes.

    Дай нам ще пару хвилин. — deniko

    deGib uns ein paar Minuten mehr! — Melang

  3. I've been here a couple hours.

    Я тут уже кілька годин. — deniko

  4. May I ask a couple of questions?

    Можна мені поставити декілька запитань? — miketheknight

    ruМожно задать Вам пару вопросов? — sharptoothed

    deKann ich ein paar Fragen stellen? — MUIRIEL

  5. I'm taking a couple of days off.

    Я беру кілька днів відгулу. — deniko

    ruЯ беру отгул на пару дней. — marafon

    deIch nehme mir ein paar Tage frei. — Wolf

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.

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Forms

couples, coupling, coupled, coupled
Base formcouple · to couple
3rd person singularcouples
Present participlecoupling
Past simplecoupled
Past participlecoupled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycouple
he, she, itcouples

Past simpleLesson

all personscoupled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave coupled
he, she, ithas coupled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill couple

Synonyms

16 synonyms
to join together:affix
to join in wedlock:bewed
to join in sexual intercourse:have sex
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a couple of
  • for a couple
  • couple of days
  • couple of weeks
  • couple of hours
  • have a couple
  • in a couple
  • couple of years
  • couple of times
  • buy a couple
  • couple of questions
  • couple of songs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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