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.

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