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Plural
couples
1
two people who are married or having a romantic relationship
- A couple was looking at the menu outside the restaurant.
- She's going to a wedding; her friends are the couple getting married.
- The couple, deeply in love, exchanged vows.
- The young couple decided to adopt a puppy together.
- There's a lovely old couple that lives next door.
3
a pair of things or people
- She invited a couple of friends over for dinner.
- The store offers a discount if you buy a couple of items together.
- They adopted a couple of kittens from the animal shelter.
- We saw a couple of birds nesting in the tree.
- A couple of students stayed behind to ask questions.
4
a small, unspecified number of things or people, usually two or a few
- There are a couple of mistakes in your essay you should fix.
- The teacher gave a couple examples to clarify the lesson.
- I have a couple errands to run before dinner.
- I’ve been to Paris a couple of times before.
- A couple of students stayed behind to help clean the classroom.
5
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines