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couple

/ˈkʌpəl/

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noun

plural couples

[count] two people who are married or who have a romantic or sexual relationship

a happily married couple

Are they a couple? No, they are just good friends.

Seventeen couples participated in the survey.

The romance had gone out of their relationship, so they signed up for couples therapy. [=therapy in which a psychologist helps couples solve problems with their relationships]

two people or things that are together :pair

usually used in the phrase in couples

The people were lined up in couples.

a couple

informal

two or a few of something

Can you give me a couple more examples?

This one costs a couple less dollars than that one.

In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun.

I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.

We owned a couple dogs.

We stopped for a couple drinks after work. It is often used with periods of time and numbers.

I saw the movie a couple nights ago.

We met a couple years ago.

I took a couple weeks off.

a couple hundred people

a couple dozen

two or a few

How many drinks have you had? Oh, just a couple.

a couple of

two of or a few of :two (things) or a few (things)

It happened a couple of days ago. [=two days ago]

I only had a couple of sips.

Can you loan me a couple of dollars?

I have a couple of favorite restaurants I go to.

I'll be ready in a couple of minutes. [=I'll be ready soon]

Our schedule is booked solid for the next couple of weeks. [=for the next two weeks]

They've lost the last/previous couple of games.

verb

couples; coupled; coupling

[+ obj] to join (two things) together :connect

a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces

The coils are loosely/tightly coupled.

to join (something) to something else :connect

The wire is coupled to the terminal.

It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck.

couple with

[phrasal verb]

couple (something) with (something) :to join or combine (something) with (something else)

The exhibit couples poems with paintings.

usually used as (be) coupled with

An oil spill coupled with [=combined with, together with] strong winds brought disaster.

The team's win, coupled with a loss by their rivals, put them in first place.

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