What does “couple” mean?
- 1
nountwo people who are married or in a romantic relationship
A young couple moved in next door.
- 2
nountwo or a few of something
I’ll be back in a couple of minutes.
Couple at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /ˈkʌpəl/ · KUP-ul
How to use “couple” correctly
“A couple of” is informal and can mean “a few”, not always exactly two.
Common phrases with “couple”
- a couple of
- married couple
- young couple
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