Synonym: join, pair, team. Similar words: a couple of, coup, soup, do up, go up, group, plea, plead. Meaning: ['kʌpl] 
n. 1. a small indefinite number 2. a pair of people who live together 3. a pair who associate with one another 4. two items of the same kind 5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines. v. 1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together 2. link together 3. form a pair or pairs 4. make love.
n. 1. a small indefinite number 2. a pair of people who live together 3. a pair who associate with one another 4. two items of the same kind 5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines. v. 1. bring two objects, ideas, or people together 2. link together 3. form a pair or pairs 4. make love. 
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211. The couple lavished so much care on their only son.
212. My parents separated when I was six and divorced a couple of years later.
213. They were treated as a married couple for taxation purposes.
214. I've asked him to give me a couple more days to finish my essay.
215. Give the screw a couple of turns to make sure it's tight.
216. Owning a place of their own is a dream come true for the couple.
217. In recent years the sea has risen by a couple of inches.
218. I'm just going to put my head down for a couple of hours.
219. In India I hooked up with a couple of students for a few weeks.
220. For openers, the band played a couple of old Beatles songs.
221. There are a couple of fish with blue markings, and a few more with gold stripes down the side.
222. No-one personally acquainted with the couple was permitted to talk to the Press.
223. Trying to get the divorced couple to agree calls for a great deal of diplomacy.
224. In China today each couple is required to carry out a eugenic plan strictly.
225. A couple have scooped ￡10 million on the national lottery.
226. They chinked their glasses and drank a toast to the couple.
227. I managed to grab a couple of hours' sleep on the plane.
228. After a couple of wines my head felt all muzzy.
229. John threw in a couple of tires when he sold his bicycle.
230. Frank always took a couple of heavies along with him when he went collecting his debts.
231. Lawyers for the couple have announced the initiation of divorce proceedings.
232. There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.
233. He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later(Sentencedict.com ), holding a parcel.
234. He had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.
235. We're decorating the house in stages so it won't be ready for another couple of months.
236. A couple of civilians were caught in the firing line.
237. She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier.
238. I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
239. Could you see your way to lending me 10 for a couple of days?
240. A couple of weeks later my mother went into hospital.