couple
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
Noun 3 meanings
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
“A couple of police officers appeared at the door.”
A small number.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
Adjective 1 meaning
Two or (a) small number of.
Determiner 1 meaning
Two or a few, a small number of.
“A couple fewer people show up every week.”
Verb 3 meanings
To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
“Now the conductor will couple the train cars.”
To join in wedlock; to marry.
To cause (two animals) to copulate, to bring (two animals) together for mating.
Etymology
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
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COUPLE at a glance
COUPLE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + U 1 + P 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #619 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with couple
All rhymes- PEOPLE10
- EXAMPLE18
- SIMPLE10
- MULTIPLE12
- APPLE9
- SAMPLE10
- TEMPLE10
- PRINCIPLE15
- PURPLE10
- TRIPLE8
- MAPLE9
- AMPLE9
One letter away
- COUPEE10
- COPPLE12
- SOUPLE8
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