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单词 coupled
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couple

1 of 3

noun

cou·​ple ˈkə-pəl How to pronounce couple (audio)
 "couple of" is often  ˌkə-plə(v)
1
a
: two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
b
: two persons paired together
The people were lined up in couples.
2
: pair, brace
needed a couple of bookends
3
: something that joins or links two things together: such as
a
: two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
b
: a pair of substances that in contact with an electrolyte (see electrolyte sense 1) participate in a transfer of electrons which causes an electric current to flow
4
: an indefinite small number : few
a couple of days ago
coupledom
ˈkə-pəl-dəm How to pronounce couple (audio)
noun

couple

2 of 3

verb

cou·​ple ˈkə-pəl How to pronounce couple (audio)
coupled; coupling ˈkə-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce couple (audio)

transitive verb

1
a
: to connect for consideration together
b
: to join for combined effect
2
a
: to fasten together : link
b
: to bring (two electric circuits) into such close proximity as to permit mutual influence
3
: to join in marriage or sexual union

intransitive verb

1
: to unite in sexual union
2
: join
3
: to unite chemically

couple

3 of 3

adjective

: two
also : few
used with a
a couple drinks

Synonyms

Noun

  • few
  • handful
  • scatter
  • scattering
  • smatter
  • smattering
  • sprinkle
  • sprinkling

Verb

  • associate
  • coalesce
  • combine
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • connect
  • fuse
  • interfuse
  • join
  • link (up)
  • marry
  • unify
  • unite
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Example Sentences

Noun “Are they a couple?” “No, they are just good friends.” Seventeen couples participated in the survey. Verb a device that makes it possible to couple the pieces The coils are loosely coupled. The wire is coupled to the terminal. It took an hour to couple the trailer to the truck. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
One of the wildfires, the El Dorado Fire, was sparked by a smoke device used by a couple to reveal their baby's gender. Stefanie Dazio, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 One of the wildfires, the El Dorado Fire, was sparked by a smoke device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 Men’s tennis has had an embarrassingly brilliant couple of decades. Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Return to Seoul, directed by a Cambodian-French director Davy Chou, depicts a journey of a 22-year old woman who visits her motherland after being adopted by a French couple. Soomee Park, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2022 Taylor might also miss a couple games because that's what running backs do. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2022 Every day, an Australian couple is visited by some unexpected — but very welcome — guests: a group of wild lorikeets that live in the trees across from their apartment's balcony. Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 Sep. 2022 An Atlanta couple bought the property nevertheless, hoping to fix it up and live there with their two children. Michael Warren, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2022 An adventurous couple may be attempting it at this very moment. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
To couple with Thatcher’s dove grey Dior dress, makeup artist Rob Rumsey opted for a melding of era inspo: the 1920s and the 1960s, plus an aura of rock ’n’ roll. Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022 To help close the gap, White House officials have vowed to couple the bill with new regulations, including on automobile tailpipe emissions. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 This leaves Phoebe Siegel to find another person to couple up with. Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 In the latest episode of the feel-good show's second season, host Christy Carlson Ramano helps couple Louie and Alvin, who have come to Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California, to find a pet to expand their family. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022 Several earlier dating apps aimed at helping conservatives couple up have failed and are now defunct. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2022 The twist was later repeated with just one ex-couple each on both season 8 and season 9. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022 The timing of Wheeless’ run in Arizona's 4th District may couple well with her background: The Republican Party has courted Hispanic candidates for November's midterm elections as Latinos have trended away from Democrats and toward the GOP. Fox News, 31 July 2022 The Channel 9 reality TV show is back in 2022 with its fourth season, where the contestants couple up and try to stay together while resisting the temptations of new cast members called bombshells. Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 28 July 2022
Adjective
Saturday night has a couple new offerings: the first being a new documentary on Princess Diana. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2022 Handler, 47, shared an Instagram video Monday night of the now ex-couple celebrating their first anniversary together early, while simultaneously breaking the news of their amicable split in the caption. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 The couple high-fived one another after nailing the move. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022 The Pirates sent 11 hitters to the plate, spraying the ball all over the diamond with five singles that all almost found outfield grass on the bounce, and took advantage of a couple Memorial errors to put the game seemingly out of reach early. Michael Whitlow, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Kirkconnell publicly apologized for her past behavior, and guest host Emmanuel Acho led the then ex-couple (who later reconnected) into a conversation about race. Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022 Lucas hit a pair of threes, and Glenn Taylor Jr. scored off a couple nice drives to fuel a 16-5 run and a 49-45 Beavers lead. oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022 The park also has a couple new snowshoe trails, the Lake View Ridge Trail and Bluff/Canyon trail, on the northwest side of the lake, accessible off Highway 23 between Lake View Road and Pickerel Slough Road. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022 These guys made one excellent album, then a few that had a couple nice tunes on them. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun, Verb, and Adjective

Middle English, pair, bond, from Anglo-French cuple, from Latin copula bond, from co- + apere to fasten — more at apt

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Adjective

1924, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

couple 1 of 2

noun

cou·​ple ˈkəp-əl How to pronounce couple (audio)
1
: two people who are married or in a romantic relationship
2
: two people or things paired together
Line up in couples.
3
: two things that are of the same kind or that are thought of together
It cost a couple of dollars.
A couple of strange things happened today.

couple

2 of 2

verb

coupled; coupling
1
: to join or link together : connect
Workers coupled freight cars.
2
: to join in pairs

coupled 1 of 2

adjective

as in connected

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • connected
  • attached
  • linked
  • adjacent
  • communicating
  • accompanied
  • adjoining
  • contiguous
  • attended
  • escorted
  • chaperoned
  • neighboring
  • next-door

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • single
  • alone
  • lone
  • solitary
  • unaccompanied
  • lonely
  • lonesome
  • solo
  • unattended
  • friendless
  • unchaperoned
  • forlorn
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coupled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of couple
1
as in combined
to come together to form a single unit at Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers couple to form the Ohio

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • combined
  • connected
  • fused
  • united
  • associated
  • joined
  • coalesced
  • unified
  • conjoined
  • conjugated
  • interfused
  • mated
  • married
  • yoked
  • allied
  • linked (up)
  • compounded
  • spliced
  • chained
  • clustered
  • assembled
  • confederated
  • hitched
  • reconnected
  • reunited
  • convened
  • hooked
  • leagued
  • congregated
  • rejoined
  • constellated
  • recombined
  • gathered
  • met
  • reunified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • separated
  • split
  • severed
  • uncoupled
  • divided
  • isolated
  • parted
  • broke up
  • sundered
  • sectioned
  • dissevered
  • detached
  • resolved
  • disconnected
  • divorced
  • dissociated
  • fractionated
  • unlinked
  • disjoined
  • disjointed
  • scattered
  • dispersed
  • disunited
  • disbanded
  • disaffiliated
  • unyoked
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2
as in integrated
to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole if you couple the two extension cords, the connection should be long enough to reach the next room

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • connected
  • integrated
  • linked
  • combined
  • interconnected
  • strung
  • interlinked
  • compounded
  • yoked
  • chained
  • conjugated
  • concatenated
  • hooked
  • joined
  • interlocked
  • catenated
  • hitched
  • dovetailed
  • welded
  • intermeshed
  • articulated
  • wired
  • fused
  • cemented
  • coalesced
  • united
  • corded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • uncoupled
  • separated
  • disconnected
  • unhitched
  • divided
  • split
  • disjoined
  • disjointed
  • dissevered
  • detached
  • unchained
  • disunited
  • disengaged
  • parted
  • unlinked
  • severed
  • cleaved
  • unyoked
  • ruptured
  • sundered
  • cleft
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