couple
IPA: kˈʌpʌɫ
noun
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (informal) A small number.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- (physics) A turning effect created by forces that produce a non-zero external torque.
- (architecture) A couple-close.
- That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
verb
- (transitive) To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- (transitive, dated) To join in wedlock; to marry.
- (intransitive) To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- (transitive) To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
adjective
- (informal, US, Canada) Two or (a) small number of.
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Examples of "couple" in Sentences
- The couple looked companionable.
- That couple is an incompatibility.
- The couple honeymooned in Scotland.
- The couple celebrated their anniversary.
- The connubial couple is living happily together.
- She and Geschwandtner join the throng of waltzing couples.
- At the end of the day, all the couples are happily together.
- The parting was amicable and the former couple remained friends.
- She has been instrumental in joining nearly 30 couples in matrimony.
- A friend of the family provided the sperm, and the couple used equipment to impregnate the woman.