couple

couple is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

county - couple - course

couple is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈkʌpəl/

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Noun

Singular couple

Plural couples

Couple is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. A couple is two (2) things that go together.

   Can you lend me a couple of dollars?

2. A couple is two people that love one another.

   John and Susan make a nice couple, don't they?

Verb

Plain form couple

Third-person singular couples

Past tense coupled

Past participle coupled

Present participle coupling

1. (transitive) If you couple two things, you join them together.
2. (intransitive) If two people couple, they have sex.