couple
If you are hanging out with a couple of friends, you are hanging out with two friends. A couple is a pair or a twosome. As a verb, couple means “to pair or match.”
As a noun, couple means “a pair.” If two people are dating, you can refer to them as “a couple.” Similarly, two people who are married can be called a “married couple.” Two guys playing basketball can be called “a couple of guys playing basketball.” As a verb, couple means “to pair or combine,” as people on a dance floor might couple or form pairs when the music starts. You can also couple two ideas by combining them.
two items of the same kind
a pair who associate with one another
“the engaged
couple”-
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same-sex marriagetwo people of the same sex who live together as a family
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pairtwo people considered as a unit
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same-sex marriage
a pair of people who live together
“a married
couple from Chicago”-
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power couplea couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential
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DINKa couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
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family, family unitprimary social group; parents and children
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power couple
(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
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dipolea pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance
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electric dipole, electric doubleta dipole with equal and opposite electric charges
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magnetic dipolea dipole with opposing magnetic poles
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building block, unita single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
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dipole
form a pair or pairs
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synonyms:
pair, pair off, partner offbring two objects, ideas, or people together
link together
engage in sexual intercourse
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types:
- show 7 types…
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nickmate successfully; of livestock
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have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hayhave sexual intercourse with
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treadmate with
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serve, servicemate with
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have, takehave sex with; archaic use
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fornicatehave sex without being married
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standbe available for stud services
a small indefinite number
“he’s coming for a
couple of days”-
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small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
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small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity