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… Couple (mechanics), a pair of forces which are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction and separated by a perpendicular distance so that their line of action do not coincide that cause a turning effect 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.
A couple of people or things means two or around two of them. B1 two people who are married or having a romantic relationship 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.).
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