How to use couple in a sentence 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. Two or a few things that are similar or the same, or two or a few people who are in some way… When used to refer to two people who function socially as a unit, as in a married couple, the word couple may take either a singular or a plural verb, depending on whether the members are considered individually or collectively The couple were married last week. In referring to two people, couple, like many collective nouns, may take either a singular or a plural verb
Most commonly, it is construed as a plural The couple were traveling to texas. The phrase a couple of, meaning “a small number of Several,” has been in standard use for centuries, especially with measurements of time and distance and in referring to amounts of money They walked a couple of miles in silence. Couples therapy (also known as couples' counseling, marriage counseling, or marriage therapy) is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to improve intimate relationships, resolve interpersonal conflicts and repair broken bonds of love
Two people who are married or having a romantic relationship B1 two people who are married or having a romantic relationship A married couple (definition of couple from the webster's essential mini dictionary © cambridge university press)
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