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Topics couple topics
What do people use couple to talk about?
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What words refer to joining two or more things together?join join together agglutinate assemble bolt cement chain clip combine connect couple crimp fasten fetter fuse glue grapple handcuff hitch hook together knit latch link manacle merge paste pin plaster put together put up rivet secure sew shackle solder staple stick stick together tape (up) unite unify weld
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Conjugation couple conjugation
How do you conjugate couple?
couple · verb
Present I couple
Positive I couple
Singular
1st person I couple
2nd person you couple
3rd person he/she/it couples
Plural
1st person we couple
2nd person you couple
3rd person they couple
Negative I don't couple
Singular
1st person I don't couple I do not couple
2nd person you don't couple you do not couple
3rd person he/she/it doesn't couple he/she/it does not couple
Plural
1st person we don't couple we do not couple
2nd person you don't couple you do not couple
3rd person they don't couple they do not couple
Question do I couple?
Singular
1st person do I couple?
2nd person do you couple?
3rd person does he/she/it couple?
Plural
1st person do we couple?
2nd person do you couple?
3rd person do they couple?
Negative question don't I couple?
Singular
1st person don't I couple? do I not couple?
2nd person don't you couple? do you not couple?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it couple? does he/she/it not couple?
Plural
1st person don't we couple? do we not couple?
2nd person don't you couple? do you not couple?
3rd person don't they couple? do they not couple?
Past I coupled
Positive I coupled
Singular
1st person I coupled
2nd person you coupled
3rd person he/she/it coupled
Plural
1st person we coupled
2nd person you coupled
3rd person they coupled
Negative I didn't couple
Singular
1st person I didn't couple I did not couple
2nd person you didn't couple you did not couple
3rd person he/she/it didn't couple he/she/it did not couple
Plural
1st person we didn't couple we did not couple
2nd person you didn't couple you did not couple
3rd person they didn't couple they did not couple
Question did I couple?
Singular
1st person did I couple?
2nd person did you couple?
3rd person did he/she/it couple?
Plural
1st person did we couple?
2nd person did you couple?
3rd person did they couple?
Negative question didn't I couple?
Singular
1st person didn't I couple? did I not couple?
2nd person didn't you couple? did you not couple?
3rd person didn't he/she/it couple? did he/she/it not couple?
Plural
1st person didn't we couple? did we not couple?
2nd person didn't you couple? did you not couple?
3rd person didn't they couple? did they not couple?
Future I'll couple
Positive I'll couple
Singular
1st person I'll couple I will couple
2nd person you'll couple you will couple
3rd person he/she/it'll couple he/she/it will couple
Plural
1st person we'll couple we will couple
2nd person you'll couple you will couple
3rd person they'll couple they will couple
Negative I won't couple
Singular
1st person I won't couple I will not couple
2nd person you won't couple you will not couple
3rd person he/she/it won't couple he/she/it will not couple
Plural
1st person we won't couple we will not couple
2nd person you won't couple you will not couple
3rd person they won't couple they will not couple
Question will I couple?
Singular
1st person will I couple?
2nd person will you couple?
3rd person will he/she/it couple?
Plural
1st person will we couple?
2nd person will you couple?
3rd person will they couple?
Negative question won't I couple?
Singular
1st person won't I couple? will I not couple?
2nd person won't you couple? will you not couple?
3rd person won't he/she/it couple? will he/she/it not couple?
Plural
1st person won't we couple? will we not couple?
2nd person won't you couple? will you not couple?
3rd person won't they couple? will they not couple?
Conditional I'd couple
Positive I'd couple
Singular
1st person I'd couple I would couple
2nd person you'd couple you would couple
3rd person he/she/it'd couple he/she/it would couple
Plural
1st person we'd couple we would couple
2nd person you'd couple you would couple
3rd person they'd couple they would couple
Negative I wouldn't couple
Singular
1st person I wouldn't couple I would not couple
2nd person you wouldn't couple you would not couple
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't couple he/she/it would not couple
Plural
1st person we wouldn't couple we would not couple
2nd person you wouldn't couple you would not couple
3rd person they wouldn't couple they would not couple
Question would I couple?
Singular
1st person would I couple?
2nd person would you couple?
3rd person would he/she/it couple?
Plural
1st person would we couple?
2nd person would you couple?
3rd person would they couple?
Negative question wouldn't I couple?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I couple? would I not couple?
2nd person wouldn't you couple? would you not couple?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it couple? would he/she/it not couple?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we couple? would we not couple?
2nd person wouldn't you couple? would you not couple?
3rd person wouldn't they couple? would they not couple?
Present continuous I'm coupling
Positive I'm coupling
Singular
1st person I'm coupling I am coupling
2nd person you're coupling you are coupling
3rd person he/she/it's coupling he/she/it is coupling
Plural
1st person we're coupling we are coupling
2nd person you're coupling you are coupling
3rd person they're coupling they are coupling
Negative I'm not coupling
Singular
1st person I'm not coupling I am not coupling
2nd person you aren't coupling you're not coupling you are not coupling
3rd person he/she/it isn't coupling he/she/it's not coupling he/she/it is not coupling
Plural
1st person we aren't coupling we're not coupling we are not coupling
2nd person you aren't coupling you're not coupling you are not coupling
3rd person they aren't coupling they're not coupling they are not coupling
Question am I coupling?
Singular
1st person am I coupling?
2nd person are you coupling?
3rd person is he/she/it coupling?
Plural
1st person are we coupling?
2nd person are you coupling?
3rd person are they coupling?
Negative question aren't I coupling?
Singular
1st person aren't I coupling? am I not coupling?
2nd person aren't you coupling? are you not coupling?
3rd person isn't he/she/it coupling? is he/she/it not coupling?
Plural
1st person aren't we coupling? are we not coupling?
2nd person aren't you coupling? are you not coupling?
3rd person aren't they coupling? are they not coupling?
Past continuous I was coupling
Positive I was coupling
Singular
1st person I was coupling
2nd person you were coupling
3rd person he/she/it was coupling
Plural
1st person we were coupling
2nd person you were coupling
3rd person they were coupling
Negative I wasn't coupling
Singular
1st person I wasn't coupling I was not coupling
2nd person you weren't coupling you were not coupling
3rd person he/she/it wasn't coupling he/she/it was not coupling
Plural
1st person we weren't coupling we were not coupling
2nd person you weren't coupling you were not coupling
3rd person they weren't coupling they were not coupling
Question was I coupling?
Singular
1st person was I coupling?
2nd person were you coupling?
3rd person was he/she/it coupling?
Plural
1st person were we coupling?
2nd person were you coupling?
3rd person were they coupling?
Negative question wasn't I coupling?
Singular
1st person wasn't I coupling? was I not coupling?
2nd person weren't you coupling? were you not coupling?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it coupling? was he/she/it not coupling?
Plural
1st person weren't we coupling? were we not coupling?
2nd person weren't you coupling? were you not coupling?
3rd person weren't they coupling? were they not coupling?
Future continuous I'll be coupling
Positive I'll be coupling
Singular
1st person I'll be coupling I will be coupling
2nd person you'll be coupling you will be coupling
3rd person he/she/it'll be coupling he/she/it will be coupling
Plural
1st person we'll be coupling we will be coupling
2nd person you'll be coupling you will be coupling
3rd person they'll be coupling they will be coupling
Negative I won't be coupling
Singular
1st person I won't be coupling I will not be coupling
2nd person you won't be coupling you will not be coupling
3rd person he/she/it won't be coupling he/she/it will not be coupling
Plural
1st person we won't be coupling we will not be coupling
2nd person you won't be coupling you will not be coupling
3rd person they won't be coupling they will not be coupling
Question will I be coupling?
Singular
1st person will I be coupling?
2nd person will you be coupling?
3rd person will he/she/it be coupling?
Plural
1st person will we be coupling?
2nd person will you be coupling?
3rd person will they be coupling?
Negative question won't I be coupling?
Singular
1st person won't I be coupling? will I not be coupling?
2nd person won't you be coupling? will you not be coupling?
3rd person won't he/she/it be coupling? will he/she/it not be coupling?
Plural
1st person won't we be coupling? will we not be coupling?
2nd person won't you be coupling? will you not be coupling?
3rd person won't they be coupling? will they not be coupling?
Conditional continuous I'd be coupling
Positive I'd be coupling
Singular
1st person I'd be coupling I would be coupling
2nd person you'd be coupling you would be coupling
3rd person he/she/it'd be coupling he/she/it would be coupling
Plural
1st person we'd be coupling we would be coupling
2nd person you'd be coupling you would be coupling
3rd person they'd be coupling they would be coupling
Negative I wouldn't be coupling
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be coupling I would not be coupling
2nd person you wouldn't be coupling you would not be coupling
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be coupling he/she/it would not be coupling
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be coupling we would not be coupling
2nd person you wouldn't be coupling you would not be coupling
3rd person they wouldn't be coupling they would not be coupling
Question would I be coupling?
Singular
1st person would I be coupling?
2nd person would you be coupling?
3rd person would he/she/it be coupling?
Plural
1st person would we be coupling?
2nd person would you be coupling?
3rd person would they be coupling?
Negative question wouldn't I be coupling?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be coupling? would I not be coupling?
2nd person wouldn't you be coupling? would you not be coupling?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be coupling? would he/she/it not be coupling?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be coupling? would we not be coupling?
2nd person wouldn't you be coupling? would you not be coupling?
3rd person wouldn't they be coupling? would they not be coupling?
Present perfect I've coupled
Positive I've coupled
Singular
1st person I've coupled I have coupled
2nd person you've coupled you have coupled
3rd person he/she/it's coupled he/she/it has coupled
Plural
1st person we've coupled we have coupled
2nd person you've coupled you have coupled
3rd person they've coupled they have coupled
Negative I haven't coupled
Singular
1st person I haven't coupled I have not coupled
2nd person you haven't coupled you have not coupled
3rd person he/she/it hasn't coupled he/she/it has not coupled
Plural
1st person we haven't coupled we have not coupled
2nd person you haven't coupled you have not coupled
3rd person they haven't coupled they have not coupled
Question have I coupled?
Singular
1st person have I coupled?
2nd person have you coupled?
3rd person has he/she/it coupled?
Plural
1st person have we coupled?
2nd person have you coupled?
3rd person have they coupled?
Negative question haven't I coupled?
Singular
1st person haven't I coupled? have I not coupled?
2nd person haven't you coupled? have you not coupled?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it coupled? has he/she/it not coupled?
Plural
1st person haven't we coupled? have we not coupled?
2nd person haven't you coupled? have you not coupled?
3rd person haven't they coupled? have they not coupled?
Past perfect I had coupled
Positive I had coupled
Singular
1st person I had coupled
2nd person you had coupled
3rd person he/she/it had coupled
Plural
1st person we had coupled
2nd person you had coupled
3rd person they had coupled
Negative I hadn't coupled
Singular
1st person I hadn't coupled I had not coupled
2nd person you hadn't coupled you had not coupled
3rd person he/she/it hadn't coupled he/she/it had not coupled
Plural
1st person we hadn't coupled we had not coupled
2nd person you hadn't coupled you had not coupled
3rd person they hadn't coupled they had not coupled
Question had I coupled?
Singular
1st person had I coupled?
2nd person had you coupled?
3rd person had he/she/it coupled?
Plural
1st person had we coupled?
2nd person had you coupled?
3rd person had they coupled?
Negative question hadn't I coupled?
Singular
1st person hadn't I coupled? had I not coupled?
2nd person hadn't you coupled? had you not coupled?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it coupled? had he/she/it not coupled?
Plural
1st person hadn't we coupled? had we not coupled?
2nd person hadn't you coupled? had you not coupled?
3rd person hadn't they coupled? had they not coupled?
Future perfect I'll have coupled
Positive I'll have coupled
Singular
1st person I'll have coupled I will have coupled
2nd person you'll have coupled you will have coupled
3rd person he/she/it'll have coupled he/she/it will have coupled
Plural
1st person we'll have coupled we will have coupled
2nd person you'll have coupled you will have coupled
3rd person they'll have coupled they will have coupled
Negative I won't have coupled
Singular
1st person I won't have coupled I will not have coupled
2nd person you won't have coupled you will not have coupled
3rd person he/she/it won't have coupled he/she/it will not have coupled
Plural
1st person we won't have coupled we will not have coupled
2nd person you won't have coupled you will not have coupled
3rd person they won't have coupled they will not have coupled
Question +'ll I have coupled?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have coupled? will I have coupled?
2nd person +'ll you have coupled? will you have coupled?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have coupled? will he/she/it have coupled?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have coupled? will we have coupled?
2nd person +'ll you have coupled? will you have coupled?
3rd person +'ll they have coupled? will they have coupled?
Negative question won't I have coupled?
Singular
1st person won't I have coupled? will I not have coupled?
2nd person won't you have coupled? will you not have coupled?
3rd person won't he/she/it have coupled? will he/she/it not have coupled?
Plural
1st person won't we have coupled? will we not have coupled?
2nd person won't you have coupled? will you not have coupled?
3rd person won't they have coupled? will they not have coupled?
Conditional perfect I'd have coupled
Positive I'd have coupled
Singular
1st person I'd have coupled I would have coupled
2nd person you'd have coupled you would have coupled
3rd person he/she/it'd have coupled he/she/it would have coupled
Plural
1st person we'd have coupled we would have coupled
2nd person you'd have coupled you would have coupled
3rd person they'd have coupled they would have coupled
Negative I wouldn't have coupled
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have coupled I would not have coupled
2nd person you wouldn't have coupled you would not have coupled
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have coupled he/she/it would not have coupled
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have coupled we would not have coupled
2nd person you wouldn't have coupled you would not have coupled
3rd person they wouldn't have coupled they would not have coupled
Question would I have coupled?
Singular
1st person would I have coupled?
2nd person would you have coupled?
3rd person would he/she/it have coupled?
Plural
1st person would we have coupled?
2nd person would you have coupled?
3rd person would they have coupled?
Negative question wouldn't I have coupled?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have coupled? would I not have coupled?
2nd person wouldn't you have coupled? would you not have coupled?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have coupled? would he/she/it not have coupled?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have coupled? would we not have coupled?
2nd person wouldn't you have coupled? would you not have coupled?
3rd person wouldn't they have coupled? would they not have coupled?
Imperative couple!
Positive
you couple!
we let's couple!
Negative
you don't couple!
we let's not couple!
Examples couple examples
How do I use couple in a sentence?
Simple sentences
This is the couple who showed me the way.
I've been there a couple of times.
I am taking a couple of days off.
The couple next door are fighting again.
The idea that reading makes you short-sighted has been popular for a couple of hundred years.
We hope Tom sticks around for a couple of weeks.
Tom has finished painting the picture of Mary that he's been working on for a couple of months.
A couple of sparrows are building a nest on the balcony of my house.
I don't know if you remember me, but we met a couple of years ago in Boston.
There are only a couple of pieces left.
Tom and Mary make a very nice couple.
We have a couple of classes together.
Tom and Mary seem like the perfect couple.
Could you lend me your bicycle for a couple of days?
The burglar locked the couple in the basement.
The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.
Give me another couple of days to think it over.
What a gorgeous sunset! Let's hang around for a couple of minutes and watch it.
To all appearances, they are a happy couple.
The old couple sat side by side.
The old couple gave up their son for lost.
The old couple embarked on a tour around the world.
The old couple had no children.
The doctors were wrong to condemn the couple.
The couple lived a happy life to the end.
The couple named their first child Mark.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
It is pleasant to watch a loving old couple.
Peter and Eve make a handsome couple.
The couple led a happy life.
The couple spent a lot of money on furnishing their house.
The real estate man told lies to the couple.
The newly married couple walked hand in hand.
Let me think it over for a couple of days.
Movie subtitles
Couple days ago, there was a morning special adoption show right?
Phoenix dug down into the dirt, and after only a couple of inches, uncovered crystals of frozen water.
You guys make a really cute couple. Oh.
We're not a couple. No, no, no.
He thinks we're a couple.
We're not a couple.
That's so funny, but we're not a couple.
But the guy told me to wait a couple days until the marble settles.
He was a great sailor and really popular, although, the last couple weeks, it did seem like he really had something on his mind.
And now the groomsmen have a surprise for the special couple.
And he said he was going to throw in a couple deer ticks for, you know, a little extra.
You know, there's a couple of cops up there, maybe a judge.
Well, actually, if you're anything like your dad, I can just wait in the hall for a couple of minutes.
There were a couple of other students as well.
Um. Ms. Dekaan caught a couple of Novices on a surveillance camera.
Well, my boss called, saying we were holding back exemptions for a couple months.
Just a couple of days. And I don't ever wanna go back.
A couple of nights, and the punishment will be over.
Seeing the pain caused by Death, the young couple escapes to the skies.
We'd make a lovely couple.
We three would make an ideal couple.
You couple of baboons, what makes you think I'd marry either one of you?
Before I get married, I'm gonna sow a couple of wild oats.
But we're going back in a couple of weeks.
Lie down for a couple of years.
First couple out to the right and follow the ca.
Yeah, just give me a couple of days to set it up.
Then we'll get hurt too. In order to wake up, cutting off a couple of fingers is a must.
HEY. GONE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, AND YOU LEAVE 20 MESSAGES ON MY MACHINE?
A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY IN SOME CRAPPY MOTEL, IRONING OUT ALL THE DETAILS.
I-I ONLY MET HIM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. WELL, HOW DID YOU MEET?
You guys make a really cute couple.
Yeah, well, I guess, uh, that all started a couple weeks ago.
Oh, a couple more of these champion pushes and we'll have no need of it when it arrives.
News and current affairs
Yes, gold has had a great run, but so, too, did worldwide housing prices until a couple of years ago.
Consider a couple of notorious examples.
For many species of coral, this bleaching threshold is usually only a couple of degrees centigrade above the typical maximum temperature for a given location.
A systemic crisis that simultaneously hits a large number of medium-sized banks would put just as much pressure on governments to bail out the system as would a crisis that hits a couple of large banks.
The housing bubble induced Americans to live beyond their means - net savings has been negative for the past couple of years.
There have been many shocks to the US economy over the past couple of generations, and many factors have added to or subtracted from economic growth.
At the same time, France and Germany must both come to terms with an approach that leads to far greater political union within a couple of decades.
In addition, Germany should delay its fiscal consolidation; if anything, it should cut taxes for a couple of years to boost its own growth and - via trade - that of the periphery.
Over time, the dollar will still decline, but perhaps by no more than a couple of percent per year.
Relative calm was restored to Algiers for a couple of years after his arrival, but then the insurgency broke out again with redoubled strength, and the French had to leave the country in 1962.
The story began a couple of years ago, when former Argentine Foreign Minister Dante Caputo and the United Nations Development Program were charged with drafting the Latin American Democracy Report.
Many are charities and often include on their advisory boards one or two members with clear government connections (the daughter of a minister or an army general, or, in a couple of notable instances, the President's wife).
Couple these statements with recent television footage of Greeks rioting in the street.
It might be fashionable to talk about just a couple of the globe's challenges, but we could achieve a lot more if we focused first on where our spending would be most rational.
Rumor has it the couple has set February 8 or 9 for the wedding. Others say that Sarkozy has already outsmarted the media by secretly marrying in the Elysee Palace, even as he was dodging wedding questions.
If the couple sizzled for cameras with Luxor and Petra as the backdrop, just imagine how hot things could get at the most romantic spot on Earth, the Taj Mahal.
Cambridge - It may take a few months or a couple of years, but one way or another the United States and other advanced economies will eventually recover from today's crisis.
This gap has narrowed in the past couple of years, but much of the improvement probably reflects little more than the temporary impact of an unusually tough business cycle.
But they want to follow up their tactical victory - which postpones the restoration of pre-Bush tax rates for a couple of years - with a longer-term victory next spring.
At the Strasbourg summit, confidence in the future could have been strengthened if a couple of troubling issues had been discussed.
Until now, most investors have thought that they would rather risk high inflation for a couple of years than accept even a short and shallow recession.
Moreover, for a number of reasons, growth in the advanced economies is likely to remain anemic and well below trend for at least a couple of years.
A couple of weeks later, I was faced with one of those conflicts: a board meeting here, a conference there, another opportunity at the same time somewhere else.
So, as rumors fly of secret marriage ceremonies either already concluded or in the works, could the trouble brewing in India over the French president's very public love life be behind the rush to have the couple legally wed?