[ˈkʌpl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- two people or things of the same sort considered together
(e.g: a couple of girls were playing marbles)

- two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually
(e.g: in three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged)

- an indefinite small number
(e.g: he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate

[ˈkʌpl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- link or combine (something) with something else
(e.g: a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss)

- mate or have sexual intercourse
(e.g: as middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate