How to use couple in a sentence Two or a few things that are similar or the same, or two or a few people who are in some way… Couple synonyms, couple pronunciation, couple translation, english dictionary definition of couple Two items of the same kind Something that joins or connects two things together Two people united, as by betrothal or.
English, a couple can be used like a couple of before a plural noun. If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it. Couple is now understood primarily to refer to two when used as a bare noun (they make a nice couple), but is often used to refer to a small indeterminate of two or more when used in the phrase a couple of (i had a couple of cups of coffee and now i can't sleep.). Two people who are married or having a romantic relationship A couple is two people who are married or who are having a romantic relationship A couple of people or things means two or around two of them.
A married couple (definition of couple from the webster's essential mini dictionary © cambridge university press)
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