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Couple
01
two people who are married or having a romantic relationship
Examples
A couple was looking at the menu outside the restaurant.
02
two items of the same kind
03
a pair of things or people
Examples
She invited a couple of friends over for dinner.
Examples
There are a couple of mistakes in your essay you should fix.
05
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
to couple
01
to bring two things or people together
Transitive: to couple two elements
Ditransitive: to couple an element with another
Examples
The event planner wanted to couple entertainment and education to engage the audience effectively.
02
to engage in sexual reproduction or mating
Intransitive
Examples
During mating season, birds couple and build nests together to raise their offspring.
03
to join or connect together to form a pair
Intransitive
Examples
The gears in the transmission couple smoothly, allowing for seamless shifting between speeds.
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