Couple can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| couple - link together; "can we couple these proposals?" | ||
| couple - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" | ||
| couple - bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" | ||
| couple - form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" | ||
Noun |
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| couple - a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" | ||
| couple - two items of the same kind | ||
| couple - (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines | ||
| couple - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" | ||
| couple - a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days" |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | A married couple from Chicago. | |
| 2. | noun | The engaged couple. | |
| 3. | noun | He's coming for a couple of days. | |
| 4. | noun | Mrs. Arafat, who lives in Paris with her daughter, receives tens of thousands of dollars per month from the allegedly bankrupt Palestinian Authority, while a typical local ringleader of the Al-Aksa brigade, reporting to Arafat, receives only a cash payment of a couple of hundred dollars, for performing murders at the retail level. | |
| 5. | noun | By the way, I am interested in re-looking at a Picasso (although we have 2) that your gallery had a couple of years ago. | |
| 6. | noun | It was for sale in a couple of galleries in SF and was about $20,000. | |
| 7. | noun | I have a couple of questions so I can wrap up the LOI: | |
| 8. | noun | I would actually send them the draft Development Agreement a couple days after the LOI. | |
| 9. | noun | He will be in Calgary in a couple of weeks and will interview you then. | |
| 10. | noun | Meagan does have a couple of big things on the weekend in January -- National Charity League Senior Presentation (big dance that she and I are committed to help with), the Bearkadette Ball and a winter party for Cotillion. | |
| 11. | noun | I haven't seen her for a couple of weeks and have only talked to her. | |
| 12. | noun | I had a couple of hickies on my neck the day after and the guys all wanted to know if those were shuttle burns. | |
| 13. | noun | However, he did suggest a couple slight revisions to protect Enron's interests. | |
| 14. | noun | On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter. | |
| 15. | noun | Could you lend me your bicycle for a couple of days? | |
| 16. | verb | Can we couple these proposals? | |
| 17. | verb | I couple this song with his name. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| A married couple from Chicago. |
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| The engaged couple. |
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| He's coming for a couple of days. |
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| Mrs. Arafat, who lives in Paris with her daughter, receives tens of thousands of dollars per month from the allegedly bankrupt Palestinian Authority, while a typical local ringleader of the Al-Aksa brigade, reporting to Arafat, receives only a cash payment of a couple of hundred dollars, for performing murders at the retail level. |
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| By the way, I am interested in re-looking at a Picasso (although we have 2) that your gallery had a couple of years ago. |
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| It was for sale in a couple of galleries in SF and was about $20,000. |
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| I have a couple of questions so I can wrap up the LOI: |
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| I would actually send them the draft Development Agreement a couple days after the LOI. |
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| He will be in Calgary in a couple of weeks and will interview you then. |
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| Meagan does have a couple of big things on the weekend in January -- National Charity League Senior Presentation (big dance that she and I are committed to help with), the Bearkadette Ball and a winter party for Cotillion. |
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| I haven't seen her for a couple of weeks and have only talked to her. |
|
| I had a couple of hickies on my neck the day after and the guys all wanted to know if those were shuttle burns. |
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| However, he did suggest a couple slight revisions to protect Enron's interests. |
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| On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter. | |
| Could you lend me your bicycle for a couple of days? | |
| verb | |
| Can we couple these proposals? |
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| I couple this song with his name. | |