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couple
Found in thesaurus: small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount, family, family unit, pair, ii, 2, two, deuce, building block, bring together, join, attach, unify, unite, conjoin
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couple
n.
pair, duo, group of two persons or things; (Mechanics) two equal forces acting in opposite directions (causing rotation)
v.
connect, join, link; marry; mate, engage in sexual intercourse
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Couple
Couple or couples may refer to:
Basic meaning
- Two items of a type
- Couple (relationship), Two people to whom each is the significant other of the other
- Couple (mechanics), a system of forces with a resultant moment but no resultant force
- Thermocouple, a type of temperature sensor
- Couple is a name for one pair of rafters
- Couple (app), mobile app which provides a mobile messaging service for two people
- Couple costume, fashion
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couple
Noun
1. a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"
(hypernym) small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
2. a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
(synonym) mates, match
(hypernym) family, family unit
(hyponym) power couple
(derivation) copulate, mate, pair
3. a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
(synonym) twosome, duo, duet
(hypernym) pair
(hyponym) same-sex marriage
(derivation) pair, pair off, partner off
4. two items of the same kind
(synonym) pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
(hypernym) two, 2, II, deuce
(hyponym) doubleton
(derivation) match, mate, pair, twin
5. something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
(hypernym) unit, building block
(hyponym) dipole
(part-meronym) moment
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) match, mate, pair, twin
(hypernym) join, bring together
(hyponym) mismate
(verb-group) match
(derivation) pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
2. link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
(synonym) couple on, couple up
(antonym) uncouple, decouple
(hypernym) attach
(derivation) coupling, coupler
3. form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
(synonym) pair, pair off, partner off
(hypernym) unite, unify
(derivation) twosome, duo, duet
4. make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
(synonym) copulate, mate, pair
(hypernym) join, conjoin
(hyponym) nick
(derivation) mates, match
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couple
nm.
couple, match, pair
coupler
v.
couple
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couple
n.
pár; dvojice; dva; několik
v.
spojit koho/co s kým/čím
